It is all an adventure.
Whether we are trying to become a professional athlete, a business owner, a successful writer, a reliable parent, or any other calling in life, the path is an adventure.
An interesting definition of adventure is “the process of arrival.” If we say yes to a calling in our lives, then adventure is what we are guaranteed. We are not guaranteed the fulfillment of our dreams, and we may not arrive where we hope. But we are guaranteed the process of arrival.
The process of arrival is the in-between space – the space that we typically wish away because we want to rush into the ideal place that only exists in our imagination. Like chasing a mirage. After a while we stop living for the illusion of later and start opening up to what’s real now.
The process of arrival is full of the things we need but wouldn’t willfully choose.
The wrestle matches with our doubts. The painful frustrations with letting go of what we thought we wanted. The popped bubbles of our ego from honest feedback. The nagging demands from others. The constraining edges of our limitations.
Real-life stuff. This is what adventure brings us. These are the things that change us—that transform us.
No matter what scheme people try to sell us. Or product we are told we need to buy. Or opportunity that will fast-track us to where we should be. There is no dodging reality. There is no skipping the in-between space.
Because that’s where we become who we are called to be. That’s the adventure we are invited to embrace. This is the process of arrival.
