Running through the forest, one is out of breath; they are smiling as though they could not stop if they wanted to. Adrenaline is coursing through their veins as their blood pumps as fast as it can; they are a part of the wilderness around them. Later that week, one is riding down long-forgotten roads with their closest friends; the group has the windows down and the radio up as loud as it can go. Laughing and singing with their hair blowing in the wind, the group is having the time of their life. One realizes that the adventure one has been searching for is occurring every day; from the books they read to the short road trips they take with friends.
Travel expands the mind; it notifies one of the wonders sparkling beauties of the world around them, but travel is not the only way one can experience life’s beauties. The term adventure holds an infinite amount of meaning to anyone who says it; for some, it may just be cracking open a novel, but for others, it could be as extreme as skydiving out of a helicopter. Picking strawberries with one’s family has the potential to be an adventure, and it makes memories along the way. Examples of ways one may experience an adventure are exploring the Grand Canyon or seeing the great pyramids; however, one must not limit themselves to thinking an adventure is only a trip to far away places for it can just be a drive down the road. No one sums this idea up like Mr. William Feather when he said, “One way to get the most out of life is to upon it as an adventure” (William Feather).
Adventure is not bad; it does not incite negative feelings. Adventure consists only of positive feelings, and if one is feeling down, then the ‘adventure’ they think they are on may just be a sham. One must be cautious when defining the line between adventure and fear, for they are not the same thing. Fear drags one down as far as they can go, but adventure uplifts one even if it is in just the slightest bit. Adventure usually induces a small amount of atychiphobia, a fear of failure, in the larger aspects of adventuring. Adventure is not about the aesthetic of it all; who one is as a person is what makes it worth it (Beyoncé).
Limiting tomorrow's adventures based on today's doubts will ultimately result in failure (Franklin D. Roosevelt). Doubts prevent us from succeeding when we need it most and life is an adventure all on its own that should not be restrained. Depression halts positive thoughts, and makes adventure near impossible to achieve for those with living with it. Adventure gets put on the back burner for people with mental illness; they still may be doing adventurous things, but it doesn’t make them feel alive like it should.
Adventure defines itself from person to person; it hides in the quiet corner of a coffee shop. Manifesting in a flight cross country, adventure takes flight in beautiful ways and shines through in the darkest of moments. There are people out there that view sleeping as the biggest adventure at all because there is no control in one’s dreamscape; waking up often ruins the novelty. One may see adventure in movies, and define it as unobtainable; whether they do this because of monetary restrictions or fear is a mystery. Because one sees it as a price tag, adventure becomes a sad unreachable object; others it is in the reflection of water off of the lake or a laugh of someone they love watching a movie. Manifestation of adventure keeps people alive; it allows one to feel happiness and exhilaration. Adventure is infinite, and it is always changing.
