I have always had a love and a yearning to travel. Maybe its because by the time I was 6 I had lived in 4 different states and every summer up until I was 15 I would have to jump on a plane and spend 7 weeks in a different state. You would think at that point I wouldn't like traveling. I enjoy learning different cultures, seeing nature, meeting people, and just having a story to tell one day. But in all actuality my view of the world is small, my experiences are nowhere near what they could be or wish them to be.
I admire my friends who are brave to just jump on that train or plane with the money they have in their back pocket and travel to India, Australia or anywhere that their heart desired. One of my good friends just got back from traveling the World. He lived with monks, he didn't shower for 6 weeks ( ok a little disgusting but he was living), he met lady boys (hah), he played with the elephants, embraced living and meeting wonderful people. The stories he told me made me realize how little I've actually seen of the world. I admire the ones who take a leap of faith and move halfway across the country hoping to start over. It takes a special type of person a brave one to leave everything familiar behind and just take a chance and have adventures.
I'm not saying I want to travel the world, of course one day that would be amazing if I ever grew the balls and the money to do so and left my career behind to do it. The point of this I think we need to surround ourselves with people who will challenge us, help us take those little risks. If we stay with familiar to long we don't grow we don't develop. It's comforting yes, but is it really living experiencing life. I want to be pushed by my friends, family, strangers to try something new, challenge me. Force me to get up and jump, scream, fly, whatever it may be. I believe we need to find people in our lives that will push us to want to be better, to want to challenge us, to want to help us find that adventure in life. Stop being in that comfort zone and just leap into the depth of the unknown. It can be scary but it's what can make us whole.
It's like jumping off the diving board, your scared, your friends are down below cheering you on. You can't back out because you've already climbed all the way up and don't want to look like a wimp. You place your toes on the edge of the board, look back at one of your friends for reassurance. They nod at you that it will be ok. Then you jump, free falling, its a rush of adrenaline. You land submerging yourself in that cold water. When you come up for air, your friends are right there cheering you on. Your glad you jumped, experienced the thrill. You surrounded yourself with people who will challenge you.
Till Next Time,
Alice
Beautifully said :)
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