adventure

ADVENTURE

"Adventure isn't hanging on a rope off the side of a mountain. Adventure
is an attitude that we must apply to the day to day obstacles of life
– facing new challenges, seizing new opportunities, testing our
resources against the unknown and in the process, discovering our own
unique potential."



Until I read the above quotation, I also had a misconception about the
meaning of the term `adventure'. I thought it should mean a
state of mind where people will do something overwhelming and
unbelievable like talking continuously for 48 hours, swimming under
water in Antarctica, walking on fire, living in a tub of poisonous
snakes for hours together etc. No I understand that the word points to
an attitude of mind which we should apply in our everyday life while
dealing with the normal issues that we face day in day out. It is about
accepting every problem as an opportunity to improve ourselves. It is
about living our full potential and being highly resourceful. It is
about using all the talents we already have.

The dictionary meaning of the word `adventure' is `an
exciting and daring experience.' This experience need not be
restricted to doing big things only. We can feel excited even on small
things. For example consider doing the following small things and see if
you feel excited and daring:

n Observing silence for one full hour or two hours controlling our
impulse to speak

n Learning a minimum of two new words per day in a new language
for the next one month consistently.

n Writing one life lesson we learnt every day in a diary before we
retire to sleep for the next 48 days without break.

n Sitting in one place without getting up for five hours
controlling our impulse to get up and move around.

After doing the above simple things check if you feel excited and
daring. You will definitely feel so. By being adventurous in doing small
things such as the above, you will certainly develop and cultivate a
quality in you which will make you to apply the same in bigger areas of
achievement.

You will appreciate that a journey of one thousand miles should begin by
taking the first one step!

Think of the above quotation and try the above exercise and see what
happens!