You get this feeling when you're about to leave a place, like you are not only going to miss the people but the overall atmosphere and its surroundings. Now imagine getting this feeling about places you have never been. I am a dreamer. I've never really been like everyone else. You see, it's not like I am a risk taker. In fact, I mostly always go with the safe choice. But I enjoy to think about the days where I'm not going to be doing life like all my peers. When I tell people about my lust for traveling, they almost always say something along the lines of "well you better hope you make a lot of money one day."

I know these remarks are just the typical, board line things people say to you when you tell them of your dream. It's not their fault, some people just do not understand or view things how you do. My lust for travel is not a desire to stay in the fanciest hotels, or eat at the most expensive restaurants. It is a lust for adventure, a lust for memories. I want to visit cities full of people who do not speak my language, I want to experience things their way. A lot of people are content living in one place their whole life or even never leaving the country. I am not one of those people.

I miss people I've never met and places I've never seen. I dream about the possibility that some of my best friends are out there somewhere, waiting for me to find them. I dream of a day I wake up in a city where I know no one and no one knows me. I dream of a day where I can walk the streets and not know where the road I am traveling on will take me. I dream of a day where I go to bed knowing that the day I just lived will forever be the best one. You can live your life in the place you have grown to know so well, and be genuinely happy. However, I cannot. Maybe I will never travel the way I hope to. Maybe, I will never expierence all that God has intended me to, and that is okay. I live my life by dreaming. I get by, by believing. I do not try to set "unrealistic" goals for my life. Although, I do not find my sense of adventure and "travel bug" unrealistic. Yes, the world is not the safest place out there right now. But, honestly, has it ever been? Will there ever be an ideal time to go out and pursue my dreams? No. I am not afraid.

I am a broke college student, most like most of you who will read this article. I get through most of my rough days by dreaming about the adventure that waits for me outside of this campus. My dream could be different than yours, but that does not make my dream anymore unrealistic than yours. I dream of bigger things than what I have found here at college. I dream of the world as a whole, not just my little piece of it. God gave me the whole world as a playground, and who am I to let that big beautiful playground go to waste? Being a dreamer, being a seeker of life, does not make you unrealistic. It makes you a strong person with an imagination that will one day take you anywhere you please. I seek the adventure that God has paved for me. I seek the world to stay where it is so I may come to its feet and admire its beauty. And, if the day comes where I travel past the places I’ve grown to love and have grown to admire, then I know that all this dreaming I’ve come to do was worth it after all.