Where Thy Heart is Alive and Free

Adventures weren't just a mere event for me; it is vital like how a creature needs the sun, like how a baby needs its mother, and like how we need to breathe to stay alive. For a town girl like me, who lived for adventures, who want to experience different kinds of fun, and who dreamt of utopia in this big gloomy world, every little adventures count, and even if I live in a secluded part of the country, adventures were everywhere if you walk in the shoes of a wanderer. 

I was only 16 when I realized that I don't want to live in boredom. I want something fresh and real; I want something freeing. Things that make your heart beats so fast because of that restlessness before the adventure begins wherein anxiety and anticipation are tangled together. This is all because I have read a short story called "Something Spectacular". The story doesn't really talk about travels but the desire of a person to be brave in chasing one's dream and to be free from the harsh chains of reality. So I decided to chase mine too after reading that story.

I was 19 when I started going out with my friends. When I say out, I meant out of the city. My parents allowed me to experience the beautiful things of the world. So when I was 20, I already had collective memories to share in this travelogue. I already experienced my first overnight at a friend's house, my first camping in the woods at Punao Riverside, my first early morning sneaking out to watch the sunrise in Calatrava, my first sunrise and sunset at a beach overnight on Sipaway Island, my first bonfire, my first coral watching at Vallehermoso, my first journey to a falls at Alinsyawan Falls, my first out of town getaway in Don Salvador Benedicto, my ever recent first minor hike and tree planting activity at The Hobbit in Talisay City, and many more! 

I would like to add more experiences in the future because I know this is what kept my heart alive and free. From mountains, cities, forests, beaches, sunrise, sunsets, and starry skies, and even the simplest sight of a foggy meadow, I want all of them to define me. I don't like to waste my days sitting in front of papers and inks instead I want to chase dreams and run for adventures until I run out of energy. I got to have to do this we never know what the future holds. We might die today or tomorrow so we might as well do everything that we can do while we are still here. 

All adventure begins with being brave. I am becoming one, how about you?