Have you ever laid awake at night wishing you were doing more? More… of what your heart desires. More… of fulfilling your hopes and dreams. More…of satisfying your inner child.

Remember being a child and having fantasies of what “adulthood” would bring? Being an adult meant not only would bedtimes be a distant memory, but we could “be anything we put our minds to.” It’s ironic that when we were children, we went to bed at a certain time because our parents told us to. Now we go to bed at a certain time because we have real-life obligations.

But as we’ve grown up… have we lost our childhood qualities? Have we lost our ability to dream? So many people get caught in the complacency of routine and fail to realize their full potentials. We get stuck with “what we know” instead of “what we want.” But why? Are we that terrified of the unknown? Too old to take a risk?

I think it’s about time we all start a new adventure…

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Published in: on April 8, 2011 at 6:58 am  Comments (1)  

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  1. Adventure Time! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure_Time
    I live my life like that cartoon.


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