Permission Granted: Why you NEED to Adventure!! (...or do something else you love...)
- Girls Gone Adventuring
- Jan 11, 2018
- 4 min read
You may be wondering, how do we do this? And SHOULD we really be doing this? We have kids and families and so many other responsibilities. Isn't this selfish and terrible for us to be taking time away from our families to go out and Adventure? Heavens no! We actually believe firmly and deeply that EVERYONE should be doing this!! ... or something else they love ...
Get ready for a life-changing statement.
You can be a really great mom, wife, daughter, and friend and STILL have a passion!
It's true.
A wise woman once said to us "it would break my heart if my children grew up and lost all their interests, all the things that they love, all their talents, and just spent all day every day inside their home." That hit us hard. We encourage our children every day to develop their talents, to find things they're passionate about and do them! We give them piano lessons and guitar lessons to develop a love for music, they write songs and spend hours singing with friends around the computer or piano. They spend years developing a love for and talent in sports, or writing stories or painting. How heart-breaking would it be if they felt like they were bad or wrong for continuing to do this activity that they love once they become an adult?
How sad would it be if they just quit once they got older and never had anything to do with these passions and interests again?
You need these things in your life! All of them! Whether you lose those passions and interests because life gets too busy or you feel guilty doing something for yourself or you just don't feel like you can any more - STOP LIMITING YOURSELF. Find you and BE YOU - unapologetically and without fear. Let your passions come through. We wear all these different hats in our lives, the hat of a teacher, mom, doctor, wife - but deep down in your core, who are you - what do you love, what inspires you and makes you feel alive?
You CAN do the things you love and YOU SHOULD!
We have a passion for Adventure and exploring this beautiful world we live in. We believe that God created it this way on purpose - full of beauty and mystery and excitement for us to discover and appreciate and love. He could have created the world to look exactly the same all over, but He didn't. He created forests and deserts, red-rock bluffs and pine covered hills. It's beautiful and wonderful and we feel so alive and blessed as we get out and explore and appreciate the beauties around us! We are passionate about this and about helping others find this in their lives.
If Adventure and Exploration isn't your thing that's all good, but you need to find what is! Do you love baking delectable deserts or homemade breads? DO IT! Do you love painting or creating beauty in works of art? Break out the art supplies from where they've been hiding and DO IT! Do you love creating music? Dust off the guitar and DO IT! Maybe you love selling real estate. Or designing beautiful spaces. Maybe you love sewing or photography or teaching. Whatever your interests and passions are, make a commitment to bring that in to your life with no guilt.
Please understand that we LOVE being moms - this does not take away or diminish the importance of that role in our lives, or the joy and fulfillment that come from being a mother and wife. We love it! Bringing in your passions, talents, and interests will ADD TO and ENRICH your life, they don't take away. Whatever your situation is: a mom, a wife or single - love where you are, but bring in your passions!
As we've started talking about what we're doing and why we feel so passionately about it, we've talked to multiple women who feel that they've lost themselves somewhere along the way and don't really know who they are anymore beyond the hats they're wearing now. That's a hopeless and trapped feeling. Our goal is to help you find yourself and give yourself permission to reach inside and discover the things that you're passionate about and DO THEM! There will always be someone that will tell you that you shouldn't or that you can't. We're here to tell you that YOU CAN. and you SHOULD.
And there's no better time than today to start! Do a search for something you're passionate about, an interest you've lost, or a talent you used to love but have let dwindle. Find a way to bring this back into your life. And do it today! Your life will thank you.
** Is there an Adventure you think we should discover? Comment below!
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