I'm glad life isn't predictable. That's surprising to hear myself say - I'm a controller by nature. I like to try to plan everything out, line my ducks in a row, and have everything go according to plan. But as I sat out having drinks the other night with my best friend, a soon-to-be med school graduate she and I discussed how futile our plans were. How little we can actually plan and actually control. It is the unpredictable times that test us, that grow us, that show us who we really are and what we can really handle.
I love surprises - the good kind anyway - in any shape or form. Whether it's an unexpected email from dear friend, flowers from a loved one when hurt or feeling down, or a trip to a place I've never been. It's all great.
Life is not an agenda. It's an adventure, and adventure can't be planned it can only be found. You cannot force fun you can only feel it, live it.
Little unfolds in life the way we expect it to, but if you look back at what you've experience up until this point some of the most crucial, defining points of your life were unexpected. The greatest lessons and people we encounter in life are such because you didn't expect them, you didn't know to ask or plan for them.
We're all on an adventure, so perhaps it's time to throw the map out the window and just go where the river of life takes you. It is only on the unbeaten path that one can find their unique self, their perfect adventure.
-AM
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