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born to explore!

 
 
I have always craved adventure. And I always was striving for the next one. When you begin to work every day, all day and only have a couple days off a week, you begin to need adventure. I NEED AN ADVENTRUE. I need to feel the trees, blowing in the wind, their sweet sweet smell of pine and maple. I need to feel uneven ground, get a little dirty, and feel the demand of my body to move forward. I need to feel the air outside… oh what a concept. Outside. I sit in a cubicle, 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. I am blessed, like I say all the time... I have a big window. I’m blessed again, but I want more than to look outside while breathing inside air. I long to be out, in the warm, cold air. I guess when you are locked up for so long your body starts craving the outside.

 
So I decided to adventure, this Spring, Summer and Fall. I have a couple friends and my boyfriend who are in for the challenge. I’m going to push myself to backpack, hike, swim, climb, camp and get lost a couple times. To not only get my body in shape and strong, but to get into the beautiful outdoors that God has created for us to explore.


I have learned that to heal my body from the constant sitting and non-moving every day, I need to move on the weekends, and move a lot. To fill the void of non-fresh air, I need to get in the air, the mountains, the desert and fields. I need to wander and be places untouched, silent and calm. I want to hear my breath and nothing more. I want to be surrounded by trees and fill my lungs till I can't anymore.
 
I want to get lost. and then find myself again.



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