Adventure.

Adventure.

What, exactly, comes to the front of my mind when I think of the word ‘adventure’? Traveling, for one thing. Seeing the world in all its grand, beautiful, majestic entirety. My grandparents travel all the time, and I dream of doing the very same thing for the rest of my life. Writing about the places I see, the people I meet, the journey of life. I wouldn’t mind going to college out of state, maybe even as far as somewhere in Europe.

I am a firm believer in following your dreams, no matter how wild and unprecedented they may be. For instance, one of my dreams for a very long time now is to become a famous writer/author. But there’s just one tiny problem with that, as tends to be the case in all artistic, free-spirited dreams; it can be quite difficult to establish a steady source of income when dreaming those wild and unprecedented dreams.

Now, I’m not rich. I don’t come from a family bathing in money and wealth. But we have always, always, always had enough. Not too little, not too much, but enough. Probably more than enough, if I’m being completely honest. So it’s natural that I’ve never really thought about how I was going to survive financially as a young writer in developing, intimidating, modern-day America.

I guess I’ve always just assumed that as long as I’m chasing my dream, life will just…fill in the gaps.

I titled this post “Adventure” (no, I have not forgotten about my introduction and traveling the world and such; I’m getting there!) because I am in love with the idea of living life one adventure to the next adventure. And isn’t that the whole concept of life? An adventure that begins with your birth and ends with your death? But the way I enjoy thinking of adventure is one stage of your life at a time. For example, high school. I personally love my high school, and every day is a little adventure, whether it’s making a new friend or creating a masterpiece in art class.

I do not believe that anyone has the right to tell you how silly or unattainable your dreams may be. Even if they appear to be that way right now, someday those dreams won’t seem so silly; they will be real. You need only choose to follow them.

And I hope, desperately, that not only you, but I myself will have the guts to follow our dreams someday. Because I believe that that is a life worth living.

And so, as I wrap up my first blog post, I conclude with this gorgeously simple quote by Colonel Norman Vaughan:

…dream big and dare to fail.