Invite Adventure

As a culture we are aching for adventure. We spend our time on roller coasters, extreme sports, and action movies. We create drama in our lives by engaging in careless spending, wrong relationships, meaningless arguments, or by choosing addictions of one sort or another. Infusing our life with healthy adventure is a way to make sure we don’t “borrow trouble.” It is also a way of making us feel courageous.

To decide what kind of adventure is best for you, take a look at your personality. Are you the kind of person who would rather jump out of an airplane or is riding in an airplane adventurous enough. Determine where you fall on the adventure spectrum. Are you providing yourself with enough challenges and opportunities to push your boundaries?

First, recognize your boundaries. What are your fears? What kind of activities will expand your boundaries, help you face your fears, and make you grow as a person? I read a book many years ago called Feel The Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan Jaffers. This is an incredible book that teaches people to understand their fears, look them in the eye, and take action in spite of being afraid.

Many of our fears are self created. We frighten ourselves by focusing on negative outcomes. Therefore, we hesitate to move into new activities for fear of failure. The key to overcoming our fear of failure is not to focus on outcomes. Stay focused on the process.

Successful people also feel fear. Yet they don’t let it get in the way of anything they want to do. They are the master of their fears. They trust that no matter what occurs they are strong enough and smart enough to gain something positive from the experience.

Whether we like it or not, the universe has a way of making us face our fears. We can make fear busing an adventure or a struggle. Choose adventure and have some fun.