Daily Cascade

Everyday Adventures

Prompt:
Everyday starts a new adventure in your life.
Write about this in your Blog entry today.

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I'm glad I wake up alive and that in itself is an adventure. Then, going through my every-morning routine is another adventure in itself. This is because greatest adventures often aren't the big, planned experiences. Mostly, they're found in the small moments when I choose to see the world differently.

If I wanted to add more zest to my morning routine, I would probably do things in a different order, but that's not me. I like stability a lot, although I know that small changes create new pathways in our brains and they make ordinary moments feel fresh. So each morning, I decide whether I make coffee or tea. This is enough change for me, as far as my morning routine goes.

Yet, there are many other ways to come across adventures once the morning wears off. Finding about people I see every day, like the mailman, the overnight guest at the neighbor's, the clerk at the checkout counter can also be very interesting, and I'm always talking to people. People can be magical. People are huge adventures in themselves.

Then, adventure also means finding out about things. Since I have studied several languages and some of those are not perfect (obviously!), I try to learn new words in any one language. I started this practice because I read that learning new languages, at least new words and usage of any one language, encourages the brain to stay alive and working, and at my age, I truly need a brain that knows how to work. Then, I also consider reading and writing to be huge adventures, in every single one of my days.

In addition and just maybe, doing something spontaneous and interesting can trigger a different world-view, too. This means adventure isn't what I do but what I see; such as watching the cloud formations, the way the leaves on the trees wave in the breeze, how the white ibises fly and come down on the green in flocks, and the way the golfers play on the golf course in the back of the house, and how I smirk when I hear a curse or two when they are searching for a ball. Since I am basically a people-watcher, like most writers on WdC, this is so much fun for me!

In the same vein, even walking to the mailbox to get my mail holds countless possibilities for mini adventures. I hope I'll always be brave enough to notice them.