Life is an adventure

Into the Wild - a great movie and an inspiring story. I may not be an "into the wild, nature" kind of girl, but I am seeking to live my life each day as it comes...to stop "planning" so much and just enjoy the adventures I experience in my life.

In my 27 years, I have simply fallen in line with the next step in life. Graduate college, fall in love, get engaged, get a job, get married. Getting divorced wasn't on my planned agenda, but that's life, I've learned. There are ups and there are downs. I am ready to take on life as an adventure rather than a check list of "to do's".

I am learning to be patient, to live one day at a time, and to enjoy the small things in life. I am confident that love will find me, I don't necessarily need to go searching for it. It will happen when it's supposed to, with the person God has intended for me. Meetings between people are so special. People come into your life for a reason: big or small, every person has a special meaning and purpose in your life.

"Life is short - kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love deeply, and forgive quickly."

So here's to us - and new beginnings. May the road we walk be long, and the story we tell be amusing. May we laugh, love, and be happy even when we're losing. (Thanks for being such an inspiration J.Acton)

"So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more dangerous to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun." — Chris McCandless