I find myself writing again about the one thing that is always on my mind, adventures. Whether big or something, not knowing what your day will hold is an adventure. I was reading through this month’s AFAR magazine, and I was almost in tears. I envy every single person within the magazine for getting to live their dream of traveling abroad. To be able to experience new places, and also come back to write about it. I envy them, but I know that my place is here. I found this quote yesterday, it read She’s not bored, just restless between adventures -Atticus. I found myself just resonating with this quote so much I couldn’t explain it. Over the past few months I have felt this lack of contentment in my life, and school hasn’t helped. I went from leaving our home to moving into a new one, from having my car catch fire on the side of the road, to facing the reality that I’m not where I thought I would be at 22. A lot has changed, I have changed, some good and some not so good, but it’s happened. I feel lost, but the only times in my life I can remember being free was through my adventure. It was through my travels, through stepping out of my comfort zone that I truly felt alive, I want to feel that again. I keep feeling like i’m never going to make, like i’m never going to leave these four walls that confine me. Yet, I know that my adventure is just beginning. I yearn for the fulfillment of an adventure just as much as I thirst for water, I am not satisfied with my life anymore. The travel bug is a deadly one, and once you’ve been bit, the poison settles in, you’ll never be the same. Whether its having coffee at your favorite cafe in Barcelona, or feeling a warm summer breeze a bridge in Paris, or even seeing the tombstone of your favorite writer in England, it becomes a part of you. It's the moments in your life where you didn’t have to feel afraid. Where you felt free to live and enjoy life and not just try to survive. It’s the moment where you knew that everything you were feeling, everything you were seeing, wasn’t a dream, it was real. Traveling is the moment in your life where you knew you were chasing moments. You were chasing and creating moments that no one can take away, because they are creating you. Through the challenges and struggles, you find your limits and find that there are some you were able to push further than you thought. Traveling changes your perspective on life. Traveling makes you richer, in ways money never could. Lastly, traveling brings you peace in the unknown as you let go of what is known. Life is an adventure, no one knows what tomorrow will hold, but know that until you step out of your comfort zone, you haven’t truly lived.
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AuthorReggie is a college gradute with a degree in English. She loves traveling and hopes to one day stay on the battle field for missions. Life is a book and everyday is an adventure, follow her on this journey and see the world through her eyes. Archives
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