Comments on: Your Daring Adventure Is Waiting https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2010-08-11/your-daring-adventure-is-waiting.html Sat, 31 Mar 2012 18:51:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: Kim https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2010-08-11/your-daring-adventure-is-waiting.html/comment-page-1#comment-342026 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:43:23 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/?p=10148#comment-342026 In reply to Kristine.

Love it!! “If only we were brave enough” – what a powerful point. Thanks for sharing, Kristine!!

]]> By: Kim https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2010-08-11/your-daring-adventure-is-waiting.html/comment-page-1#comment-342025 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:41:34 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/?p=10148#comment-342025 In reply to Bob.

Bob – I love your insights here! Stopping the routine – the everyday merry-go-round of life – is so important, in order to reset one’s perspective on living. I love that JB quote- thanks for sharing and adding to the conversation!

]]> By: Kim https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2010-08-11/your-daring-adventure-is-waiting.html/comment-page-1#comment-342024 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:34:59 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/?p=10148#comment-342024 In reply to Suzy.

Thanks for your nice comment! Well said!!! Unfortunately there are too many people living what you described – but not you!! Knowledge is power… enjoy your adventure!

]]> By: Kim https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2010-08-11/your-daring-adventure-is-waiting.html/comment-page-1#comment-342023 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:32:16 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/?p=10148#comment-342023 In reply to Cathy in NZ.

Cathy – this is awesome! What an adventurous spirit you have! Thanks for your example and good luck with “what’s next!”

]]> By: Kim https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2010-08-11/your-daring-adventure-is-waiting.html/comment-page-1#comment-342021 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:37:25 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/?p=10148#comment-342021 In reply to Tim.

Regret is definitely a four letter word. Nasty stuff. We all need to keep this in perspective on a regular basis, as it’s easy to get into ruts. Keep living your adventure!! Nice hearing from you, Tim!

]]> By: Kristine https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2010-08-11/your-daring-adventure-is-waiting.html/comment-page-1#comment-341975 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:50:31 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/?p=10148#comment-341975 One of my new favorite quotes is from a “poetry slam” portion of a show I was just in: “The future is a great white canvas waiting to be painted – if we were only brave enough to pick up the brush.”

]]> By: Bob https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2010-08-11/your-daring-adventure-is-waiting.html/comment-page-1#comment-341933 Sat, 14 Aug 2010 17:52:14 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/?p=10148#comment-341933 It baffles me why so many people leave “lives of quiet desperation.” A life that has no passion or no challenges is simply running in place until death. Jimmy Buffett said it well: “I’d rather die while I’m living, than live while I’m dead.”

As you noted, adventure doesn’t have to mean hiking Mount Everest or bungee jumping off a bridge. Learning to play a guitar, recording the sounds of nature and giving the CD as a gift to a housebound senior, making a little child smile. There are so many ways to make your life passionate, if you’ll just stop your routine long enough to think.

]]> By: Cathy in NZ https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2010-08-11/your-daring-adventure-is-waiting.html/comment-page-1#comment-341918 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:26:51 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/?p=10148#comment-341918 In reply to Suzy.

Suzy

I don’t actually have a great deal of money…the bills do get paid but then what is left over isn’t all that much.

For me that is not as important as widening my horizons be the bigger picture of getting an higher level education or just standing still and watch the world go by.

Some days though, I want to just lie down and not ever get up again BUT then something exciting reaches into my brain cells and I’m off again with the current challenge :–)

]]> By: Suzy https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2010-08-11/your-daring-adventure-is-waiting.html/comment-page-1#comment-341913 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:02:53 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/?p=10148#comment-341913 Many people live the “status quo” and think they are happy. They think that being able to pay the bills, having a home paid off and securing an emergency fund is all they need.
But the mind and body needs adventure to be its healthiest. Without the stimulation from experiencing challenge and leaving our comfort zone we never grow. Without growth there is no change. Without change we our stagnant and our spirits die little by little. Nice post to remind us all to live our lives fully.

]]> By: Cathy in NZ https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2010-08-11/your-daring-adventure-is-waiting.html/comment-page-1#comment-341910 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:35:41 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/?p=10148#comment-341910 I am doing something quite extraordinary for me – getting an academic education in my late 50s. Left school with just the very basics of education, couldn’t seem to progress…went through life on and wing/prayer and a lick/promise mode. Had some tough times, then slightly better which enabled me to think outside the box!

I’m nearly done (p/time) – not sure what is on the horizon in the middle of next year, hopefully another exciting adventure will unfold!

]]> By: Tim https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2010-08-11/your-daring-adventure-is-waiting.html/comment-page-1#comment-341909 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:49:51 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/?p=10148#comment-341909 Hi Kim:

Great post…I’ve got to say Helen Keller’s quote has to be one of my favorites. On some levels my life feels like an adventure and on other levels, it does not. Your post is a great reminder about something I don’t like: regret. And I love the wisdom you share from one of my favorite children’s book characters, Curious George.

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