Simple Forms of Beauty and Adventure

Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia clothing once said. " The word adventure has been overused. To me adventure is when everything goes wrong.That is truly when the adventure begins." I often find myself daydreaming of trips to foreign and exotic places when I'm older. I even compiled a list of places I wanted to visit when I am older.  I yearned to have a "mountaintop experience". I wanted my breath to be taken away by something beautiful. Why? I have learned now that you can find beauty,and adventure in the simplest of things. You don't have to travel halfway across the country to find them. The sunrise over a field at the farm, a drive through Davidson at Christmastime, Sitting with friends playing a favorite song. Those are truly the "mountaintop experiences".  Hitchhiking after a day of being lost on a trip,searching for a friends deer with coyotes howling in the distance.Those are true adventures. Take delight in what you do now.Don't waste your time planning your future adventures when you can be having one now.