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Embrace Adventure From a Place of Safety
Adventure and freedom are two of my core values. Yet I’ve learned that I can most honor those values when I come from a place of feeling safe and secure. The paradox is that safety provides the space for adventure. Safety is the low guardrails on a windy mountain road that provides the security to let you drive faster and accelerate out of the tight curves in a car that hugs the road.
If this resonates and you’re feeling the adventure, take stock of what’s safe and supportive in your life that’s allowing the risk to happen. And if you’re not feeling the yearning for risk-taking, it’s OK. There’s nothing wrong with you. Perhaps it’s not for you. Or if you’re hoping for something to be different in your life perhaps what needs to first change is building more of the foundation of safety.
Feeling Safe Provides the Space for Adventure
As the days get warmer and I’ve received both my Moderna vaccine shots, I’m feeling a bubbling yearning in my stomach that’s remembering the feeling of adventure and longing to experience it again. The past year and a half has simultaneously felt like a “lost year” and also a time of inward cocooning. It’s felt like I’ve missed out on travel, eating out, going to concerts, seeing friends and family, and also the camaraderie of working face to face with people…
