A paragon of adventure. past, present, future, eternity.

I feel like an adventure seeking reformer in these dark days on earth, wanting to bring a light of change to the globe. Adventure can be a match that lights a fuel of redemption in peoples hearts, where they can see and learn from the past and be inspired for something new in the future. Adventure is something that can be lost, and also something that can be intimidating to seek after... kind of like a hunter (or photographer if you don't like that kind of thing) seeking to get the perfect shot of a wild Grizzly Bear! It is an experience that involves a great amount of risk, plunging into the unknown, leaving friends and family (or taking them with you), planning (or forgetting plans and having a spontaneous adventure), even risking life. But I argue that it is a fascination that is innately planted in each human being.

Dubrovnik, Croatia

past, present. future. Adventure includes searching the past. It also includes having vision for the future and paving the way like Lewis and Clark did on their expedition. I submit that the most important adventure is right now in the present, "for the Present is the point at which time touches eternity" (from C.S. Lewis' Screwtape Letters). In the present, we can get rid of the pressure of the past and the future, and make each moment an adventure.

Burney Falls, California

There are things from the past that are like raw honey that never spoils. Things like the Cullinan Diamond (the worlds largest diamond ever found), that can be found at the historic Tower of London, displayed in the Crown Jewels. There are things that get better with age such as a nice vintage whiskey. Things like the National Forests that Roosevelt helped preserve. Every year people are discovering new flavors of nature in the National Forests. On the other hand, there are also things from the past that are like a rotting corpse, getting worse and worse over time, that you do not want to revisit; Historical monuments such as the holocaust museum or the Hiroshima Peace Memorial. Should we only explore the good things and not the bad? I think this is part of what makes going on an adventure scary.

St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna Austria

At what point can we look back on our history as a society and as an individual life and revisit it without coming under the heavy negative effects of the past? Or is that even possible? What would it be like for us as individuals and as a society to not live under the condemnation of the past, and not to live under the fear of the future? Can we recognize the good and bad of the past, learn from it, and plant seeds now that we know will produce excellent fruit in the future? Establish a paragon of adventure now; what will one day be esteemed as vintage, ancient and antique treasure.

Ice Lake, Wallowa, Oregon

I challenge you, reader, to commence your quest. Whether it be to go for a walk down the street to the new coffee shop you've been wanting to try or to travel across the globe to an unfamiliar land. Bees never make honey unless they leave the hive and collect pollen. Birds never fly unless they leave the comfort of their nest. Go in the present and with hope, wisdom, and grace. Leave fear behind you and never pick it up again.

At home with earth and heaven in mind and #adventureonmyheart