Adventures

“Adventure is a path. Real adventure – self-determined, self-motivated, often risky – forces you to have firsthand encounters with the world. The world the way it is, not the way you imagine it. Your body will collide with the earth and you will bear witness. In this way you will be compelled to grapple with the limitless kindness and bottomless cruelty of humankind – and perhaps realize that you yourself are capable of both. This will change you. Nothing will ever again be black-and-white.” – Mark Jenkins




“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain




Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying:
And this same flower that smiles today
Tomorrow will be dying.
To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time, Robert Herrick




Life is like riding a bicycle - in order to keep your balance, you must keep moving. ~Albert Einstein



Giving up doesn't always mean you are weak. Sometimes it means that you are strong enough to let go. ~Author Unknown


I thought growing up was something that happened automatically as you got older. But it turns out it's something you have to choose to do.