Adventure

 "For the young, adventures create new and inspiring memories that reminds them that their journey is just beginning. For the old, adventures revives memories of their youth that reminds them that their journey is far from over"  "Forever Young"

' Explore your Sense of Adventure '

"Sometimes it's more about the Journey then it is the destination"

When you hear the word adventure, everyone will have different ideas and images on just what that is, because, what some of you might think is adventurous might not be so adventurous to the person next to you. And you don’t have to be an adrenaline junkie or thrill seeker to enjoy adventures either.

Here are some definitions that you might find in a dictionary under the word Adventure: An exciting experience; A bold undertaking involving uncertainty and risk; A challenging journey; Something out of the ordinary; Something dangerous; Something intense; Something surprising and unexpected; A change in your life or direction; Something that’s new or different that isn’t an everyday occurrence. Tremendous exhilaration.

For the really extreme adventures, like mountain climbing, there is a lot of training and preparation involved. When doing this particular extreme sport there's a lot of focus, awareness along with some pain and discomfort. So why do something that needs you to sacrifice so much time and energy just to punish yourself? What’s the reward? You are. Because it’s not just about the finish line, the mountaintop, the achievement or the excitement. Or is it only about conditioning your body and mind to take you to places that you only dreamed about. Or is it only about discovering the limits and capabilities of your physical and mental strengths. It’s more about over coming challenges and accomplishing your dreams & goals. Because everyone knows there's an incredible feeling that you get when you accomplish a goal, it changes you and it stays with you, and that same planning, determination and passion that you used to accomplish your goal, will no doubt benefit you on accomplishing future dreams & goals, because you now know what it takes and what you are capable of doing. Note: Even if you never reach the top, at least you were there to attempt the achievement of your dream. The top is mostly just for stats and details and is not the finish line, but the halfway point.. Just having the privilege of being there is much more important. There’s no pride or glory in self-indulgence, fame or fortune especially when the risk is to high. There is no defeat in trying and turning back is not saying you are turning away. To believe the top is more important then the journey is to miss out on 90% of what you have achieved. I'm not saying that winning or achieving complete success is not worth attempting, I’m just saying that you should at least be ready to accept the consciences, and not just some of the consciences, but all of them. This way no matter what happens you will fully understand the outcome and you will also know that you did your best.

Always know the Risks and Dangers associated with Extreme Sports

 Some adventures are not a walk in the woods. Some sports are very dangerous and not for everyone. So it's your responsibility to know what adventure or sport is right for you. People must then train properly, plan and educate themselves about their sport. People must also be aware of any physical or mental factors about themselves that might add to the risk, and not just to themselves, but to others as well who are sharing the adventure with you. Never underestimate any given situation, sometimes just forgetting to bring enough water or stepping to close to an edge or underestimating the force of a river could put your life at risk.

75% of all life threatening injuries from sports are a result of not wearing the right protective gear or not enough, so please wear protective gear to avoid serious injury.
Knowing how to treat sports injuries is just as important as knowing how to avoid them. 

Still the responsibility of your life and safety lies solely on you. Know one is saying you have to do something adventurous. Just like most things in your life you have to assess the situation, get several opinions, anticipate obstacles, take calculated risks, have accountability, rationalize, have teamwork and never never expect.

Will you be addicted to adventure and feel that you must do something even more daring the next time? Though adrenalin can be very exhilarating, adventure is not about pushing your limits or out doing the other person, or having something to prove, or to brag about or to impress people, because then you’re doing it for all the wrong reasons. Adventure is about knowing your limits and studying all the factors involved in your sport, and not doing something that the danger and risk of bodily harm far out weighs what you want to achieve. There's no worth in stupidity.

 Always know the importance of exploring your abilities and the value of adventure in your life, but more important, always be aware of the potential hazards and risks involved with recreational activities, be responsible for your actions and safety, use good sound judgment, learn as much as you can about your activity and always be prepared for the unexpected!

 "Amongst all the different kinds of adventures there are in the world, there’s an adventure for everyone and each adventure will have that moment that will inspire you long after the adventure is over"

Copyright © / Howard Polley

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Adventure Quotes

I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate. - Vincent van Gogh

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? - Vincent van Gogh

The fisherman knows that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found
these dangers sufficient reasons for staying ashore. - Vincent van Gogh

What one does is what counts and not what one had the intention of doing. - Pablo Picasso

As soon as there is life, there is danger. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

A danger foreseen is half avoided. - Thomas Fuller

Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the
children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than
exposure. - Helen Keller

Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely,
excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of a competence.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death. - Omar Bradley

Real valor consists not in being insensible to danger; but in being prompt to confront & disarm it.
- Sir Walter Scott

We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the
adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open. - Jawaharlal Nehru

You always find things you didn't know you were going to say, and that is the adventure - John Updike

We are all, in some sense, mountaineers, and going to the mountains is going home. - John Muir

I never achieved great fame – no heights of incredible glory. But any strong endeavor that gives
you a sense of joy is the greatest thing in life. - Sono Osato

A wish changes nothing. A decision changes everything. - Anonymous

Without change, something sleeps inside us, and never wakens.  - Duke Leo Atrides

I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if
they are to get better. - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

What separates those who achieve from those who do not is in direct proportion to one's ability to
ask for help. - Donald Keough

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change
anything. - George Bernard Shaw

The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know
what to do. - John Holt

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

The true measure of a man is not how he behaves in moments of comfort and convenience but how he stands at times of controversy and challenges. - Martin Luther King Jr.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
- Abraham Lincoln

Worthwhile achievements are not done for money, they are done for the love of study. You do them
for self-development.  - John W. Robichaux

Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.  - Thomas Carlyle

Committing your goals to paper increases the likelihood of your achieving them by 1000%! - Brian Tracy

There are three types of people in this world: those who make things happen, those who watch things
happen and those who wonder what happened... You can decide which type of person you want to be.
- Mary Kay Ash

This I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in
the world. - John Steinbeck

It is good to have an end to journey towards, but it is the journey that matters, in the end.
 - Ursula K. LeGuin

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods;  There is a rapture on the lonely shore;
There is society, where none intrudes by the deep sea, and music in its roar;
I love not man the less, but nature more.  - Lord Byron

All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. - Walt Disney

You see things, and you say 'Why?' But I dream things that never were, and I say 'Why not?'
- George Bernard Shaw

There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has
come.  - Victor Hugo

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones
you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in
your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.  - Mark Twain

People with goals succeed because they know where they’re going. - Earl Nightingale

Don't wait. The time will never be just right. - Napoleon Hill

The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus and apply your mental and
physical energies to the problem at hand without growing weary. Because such thinking is often hard
work, there seems to be no limit to which some people will go to avoid the labor that is associated
with it. I never did anything worth doing entirely by accident. Almost none of my inventions came
about totally by accident. They were achieved by having trained myself to endure and tolerate hard
work. - Thomas Edison

The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and
stick-to-it-iv-ness... Unfortunately, many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not
realize how close they were to success when they gave up. I have far more respect for the person
with a single idea who gets there than for the person with a thousand ideas who does nothing.
- Thomas Edison

I would construct and work along various lines until I found them untenable. When one theory was
discarded, I developed another at once. I realized very early that this was the only possible way
for me to work out all the problems.  - Thomas Edison

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.  - Les Brown

Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating
desire which transcends everything. - Napoleon Hill

Adventure is not an answer to life, adventure is just an option in life.
But you will find answers when doing adventures,
maybe not ' the answers ' that you are searching for,
but things about yourself & the world that you never knew. - Howard Polley

Inspiration is an idea that you fell in love with that was influenced by someone or something. But you have to be searching for inspiration for it will never be searching for you. To be inspired is to be awakened. - Howard Polley

An adventure can never be too small or too meaningless,
especially when there is more then one person involved.

"For the young, adventures create new and inspiring memories that reminds them that their journey is just beginning. For the old, adventures revives memories of their youth that reminds them that their journey is far from over"  "Forever Young"

"Sometimes the only thing that keeps us from trying is ourselves,
 It’s not what can we do now, it’s what we can do next?"

Adventure is not just about taking risks;
Adventure is about foreseeing danger and preparing for it.

Life in its self is an adventure that we should embrace as much as we can. Adventure is really important to people’s lives but everyone gets consumed with life’s responsibilities and the things that we hold dear, like family, friends, school, work, religion and goals. So our lives may seem filled but we neglect to pay attention to that one incredibly special thing, life itself. We need to take that much needed break, a break that expands our personal experiences, a break that replenishes and refreshes our sense of being, a break that reminds us of this miracle we are all living. But you just can’t go and do an adventure and expect positive results, you have to do it in a way that you will feel totally disconnected from your everyday life, otherwise you will just be living the same life in a different location which is not an adventure at all.  - Howard Polley

Everyone should be very aware just how important it is for each of us to be exploring our own abilities.
It's essential to ones mental, physical and spiritual growth.
Having challenges in our lives not only gives us purpose, but it also gives us
awareness of ourselves, awareness of our capabilities and a clearer understanding of
the endless possibilities that life has given us.
 - Howard Polley
 

The things that you could find and learn when you’re Looking for Adventure are endless....

The Road Not Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim
Because it was grassy and wanted wear,
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I marked the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

(Robert Frost)

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The Natural Beauty of the Great Outdoors in Perfect Harmony 

National Parks are a beautiful reminder of what God was doing for hundreds of millions of years before humans were even created. Just think about it, hundreds of millions of years creating magnificent mountains, beautiful oceans, streams and rivers, in a perfect balanced eco-system that has built to sustain itself for millions of years, living in harmony with all kinds of amazing life forms, to roam her land, to fly through her skies and to swim in her seas.
 I couldn’t even begin to imagine a greater place then earth, and we can see hundreds millions of light years away. Even if there were another living planet, I doubt it would be as nice as earth.

Nature is more then just visual it’s a feeling of Serenity, Tranquility, Peacefulness, Harmony and Calm.
If you lose this feeling it means that you are simply lost and out of touch.

 It’s easy to describe how beautiful our earth is, especially now with photos and video, but when try to describe what you feel when you see a National Park, like Glacier National Park in Wyoming for instance, it’s really hard to find the words that do it justice, it’s like trying to describe life. It’s has to be the oldest living feeling in our human history. Knowing that millions of eyes before you have witnessed what you are seeing, it’s like being connected to all our ancestors, especially the American Indians, who have loved this land for 10’s of thousands of years before America was even a country. When you read all the beautiful words that people have written about National Parks, it’s like you are reading a love story, and that’s what it truly is, a love story. I have always loved the outdoors and our natural environment, and when I see it being destroyed, it’s like someone destroying your home with your family still inside. Even amongst all the devastation, we are so fortunate that we had some great people who stood up and fought to protect our natural environments. You have to see the Documentary by
Ken Burns: National Parks - America's Best Idea.
Humans are the caretakers of this earth, the only living planet around. So it is everyone’s responsibility to protect our earth and all its life, because believe it or not, our life actually depends on it.

 Howard Polley

"We can either be part of this miracle called the eco-system
 or just go extinct like 90% of the other species have done before,
we just happen to be the only species in the history of our planet who actually have a choice"
 

 
The human body is in fact very much like the earths eco-system, it grows, it regenerates, it sustains, it dies and then it’s reborn. So in a sense the earth is an extension of our body for it too keeps us alive. The earth can live without humans but humans cannot live without the earth.

 The earth is our greatest teacher. Everything that our earth has taught us, through her many lessons and examples, has given us the abilities and knowledge to survive and grow for ten’s of thousands of years. But for some strange reason humans have stopped paying attention to their teacher. Blame it on emotions, superficial distractions or an undisciplined brain. This Attention Deficit is every humans Achilles Heal. We cannot allow ourselves to be distracted or blinded from knowing our responsibilities, our priorities and our own reality. One of earth’s greatest lessons is upon us, “Learn to Live Together or Die”. And not just learn to live each other as humans, but learn to live together with our planet. There’s nothing more damaging to the human spirit then suffering. And there’s no need to suffer in order to learn a lesson. Though survival is a great motivator, motivation without a clear direction or understanding will always lead to more confusion and then more suffering. Our fellow humans are suffering and so is our earth. It’s time that we start paying more attention to what we need to do
 and not just what we want to do.

 The universe is our home. The earth is our teacher and the animals are the students. Since most animals have been here longer then humans they have become the teachers assistant. Animals have taught us many things on how to survive and the reasons to migrate.

Our Souls are Seeds our Words are its Soil
Spreading the seeds of knowledge
like a flower spreading its seeds in the wind
education is the first step so let us begin
our evolution is upon us and has already begun
it's time for all to realize we too can shine like the sun
(Howard Polley)