Greetings and welcome to week five,
Be Adventurous.
This is an episode about how the mind creates ideas and stories and how it's important to
decide what's important to you and not let your mind get carried away.
My birthday was January
22nd,
Which fell on a Monday,
And my intention was to do a trip to a cabin with my husband.
It's a vacation we've not done together before.
I like doing new things and not necessarily
traveling to places I've been before,
Unless it's going to distant Florida,
Which I absolutely
adore.
I digress.
In my mind,
I found a place and we would go there and be nice and cozy.
I also created this lovely weekend of snuggling up somewhere and staying warm and just relaxing.
Well,
My mind creates all kinds of interesting stories and adventures.
As it came closer to the time to book something,
I didn't want to do that.
A part of me wanted to
stay home.
Another part of me wanted to go away.
I was back and forth for a few weeks.
I just couldn't decide.
See how the mind does?
Guess what I did?
I let go.
I just said things would work out,
And they did.
The weekend of my birthday,
It was cold.
I know I'm from the South,
So cold is relative.
It was hovering in the 14-degree range,
So I think that is cold just about anywhere.
The idea of packing and checking in and out of
somewhere and driving a few hours in the cold to get home did not sound appealing.
TD and I enjoyed an adventurous weekend around town.
One definition of adventurous is willing
to take risks or to try new methods,
Ideas,
Or experiences.
We created our own birthday
weekend adventure.
On Friday night,
We went to watch our son Tyrell coach as one of the
assistant coaches for Woodland High School girls basketball.
On Saturday evening,
We discovered a
new restaurant in Peachtree City about 45 minutes away called The Yacht Club.
The food was delicious
and our server was very attentive.
The weekend was filled with trying new restaurants in cities
nearby,
Watching the movie American Fiction,
Which was entertaining,
And just spending time together.
It was a delightful adventure.
One of my requests was that I didn't cook all weekend,
And I didn't.
On Monday,
I also got to have brunch with Yvette Lee,
A dear friend and the composer
of the music you hear on this podcast and other meditations.
We enjoyed breakfast at one of my
favorite restaurants,
The Flying Biscuit,
The original one in Atlanta.
Yummy!
While the idea
of being at a cabin sounded nice,
Being home and waking up when we wanted to was even nicer.
I live in the South for a reason.
I was so glad to be able to sleep in and get up when I wanted to.
I was so glad we were home in our own bed with our flannel sheets.
T.
D.
Gets a special thanks
for just going with the flow of whatever I decided to do.
So,
They're mine stories.
The weekend was
just right,
And you know what?
It was just the adventure we needed.
Learning to navigate all
the stories my mind can make up is practice.
Be Adventurous is the excerpt from my book,
E-book,
Audiobook,
Why Struggle Life is Too Short to Wear Tight Shoes I'm Sharing Today.
Be adventurous.
One definition of adventurous is inclined or willing to engage in a bold,
Usually risky undertaking.
An adventure can be as simple as going to a movie alone or buying a
book from an unknown author.
Do something different often.
Buy music from an unknown artist.
Take a
dance class.
Say hello to a stranger.
One of the ways I started being adventurous was to drive a
different way home from work.
I would start down a street and find my way home based on that turn.
Keep in mind,
This was before GPS devices were the norm.
I also started buying something new
to try when I went grocery shopping.
Trying different foods is a great way to increase
your adventurous nature.
Venture out of your comfort zone to find people who are open-minded
and willing to try new things.
By venturing out more,
You will continue to learn and grow and
become more adventurous.
The more we try new things,
The less we will stress when something
different happens.
Practice.
Go to a function alone and introduce yourself to at least three
people you don't know.
Affirmation.
I am open to new ideas and experiences.
What new experience
adventure have you had lately?
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The card I pulled for us today from my Relax,
Listen,
And Trust Your Inner Guidance card deck
in this moment is the number seven question.
What is one thing that will make me smile?
Creating a lovely memory of my birthday weekend and trusting that things always work out makes me
smile.
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Keep breathing
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Be well and be kind to you.
Keep breathing.
