Life is uncharted territory. It reveals its story one moment at a time.
Have you seen the movie 'Up'? If not, it's good, so check it out. It inspired me to write this.
I am only 28 years old. I have a beautiful wife, an amazing nearly 3 month old son, 3 cats, a nice house, a good job and all in a crappy economy. What's to happen next?
For me, that is my adventure. So many people think of an adventure in literal terms or like Hollywood - you know, hop on a plane, travel the world, hike mountains, see everything the world has to offer. I'm not sure I really care what the world has to offer, but really care about what is in my life. It may come from the world in some way as it's all connected, but I've seen the Eiffel tower in pictures. That's enough for me. What I want is to experience life ... not the world. And I am in the middle of that now with my wife, son and everything I have. Each day is something new even when it seems the same.
Maybe people prefer to experience the world because it is easier to do so. It's much easier to enjoy something we know is there and something that we know how far it is, how tall it is, when it was built, that it was built by people or built by nature, but it is so hard to enjoy what you don't know or don't know what to expect. That's how life is, you never really know what to expect.
Will I grow old?
Will I ever get seriously sick?
Can I be sure I'll watch my son grow up?
Will my car die tomorrow?
It seems like life is tough to focus on because we wonder if bad things will happen to us. Notice each question above is focused on a fear of something that life can bring. But is that a bad thing? I say no. Each is another chapter and you can carry on. Sure, eventually we all reach our last chapter, but I believe we all have a sequel that we don't find out about until after the end.
If you watch 'Up', I think you'll see this as its moral -- this is my interpretation of course -- but I think this movie tells us it is not what we do in our lives but how we live it with those that are in it that is the adventure.
Laura asked me to write about pod people. She is... an adventure...
