​So, I’m definitely on an adventure! Couldn’t get Google Maps once I crossed the Canadian/US border -- who knew there was a border for cell signals?! Took a wrong turn… took another wrong turn… went some ways in the wrong direction… backtracked… and finally… got back on the route. Thankfully I had printed out some directions -- see what I mean about preparation? But between that and the white-outs that almost appeared out of nowhere, I was certainly feeling “on the edge of my seat” and on high alert. I was definitely operating in the unknown.

 
​But was that what I had mind when I told others, “I am going on a grand adventure.”? Nooooooo! Lol
Admittedly, my vision was a bit nebulous but what I had unconsciously assumed was that adventure included meeting interesting and cool people, doing new and out-there things and seeing things that took my breath away. And while that is certainly adventure, the main constituent of adventure is the unknown.
Here’s what Google has to say about adventure:
an unusual (ie. unknown), and exciting (again, because it’s unknown, though sometimes we might describe it as nerve-wracking), typically hazardous (yup, because it’s the unknown), experience or activity; "her recent adventures in Italy". Synonyms include: exploit, escapade, deed, feat, and experience. Also, daring and exciting activity calling for enterprise and enthusiasm; "she traveled the world in search of adventure." Synonyms: excitement, thrill, stimulation, risk, danger, hazard, peril, uncertainly, precariousness.
Just as a total aside, I love they wrote “she”. I feel a kindred spirit…
 
So, is the adventure one we always love? No! And again, it’s operating in the unknown that is the true adventure. Do I want to stop calling in an adventure? No, again!
 
But one thing that I’m noticing that’s quite different is my reaction to all this.  In the past, the unknown was always immediately infused with negativity – danger, loss, contraction. It took many years of telling myself and sometimes quite sternly, that, “just because you don’t know what’s coming, doesn’t mean it’s bad! It could possibly be the best thing that’s ever happened to you!”
 
I’m grateful that I’m not doing that. I’m grateful there is an adventure, as no adventure would be intolerable.  I’m grateful that my Dreamer is finally having the upper hand!