Restless

I don't know what it is, but recently I have had an aching for an adventure. A long car ride with countless stops at sculpture parks, run down diners, and places to climb. 

I want dirty feet, torn jeans, and scrapes and bruises of all sorts. I want to visit national parks and stand on the edge of giant rock formations. I want to make new friends and learn new things. I want to stand on top of a mountain and listen. I want to take thousands of pictures and be thrilled. I want black coffee and waffles from local cafés. I want to sit in open fields. I want to live out Joe Greer's Instagram ( seriously, check it out if you haven't. ioegreer)  I want my heart to race. I want my hands to be open to all that is to come. I want to go.

Am I selfish for wanting these things? Cause as I write them, I notice there is a constant pattern. 

I want. I want. I want. 

I want my days to look like this: 

( photo cred: Joe Greer) 

Those days would be everything I want, but right now I've got it pretty good. 

I have friends who listen and understand and want to start a cooking club with me.  I have a boyfriend who is truly beyond my wildest dreams and reminds my heart to be still in times of utter restlessness. I have rents who love the heck out of each other. I have siblings who are real and present and who love me way better than I deserve. I am a part of a family that stretches to all corners of the earth. I am living in a place where mountains, trees, and black coffee are all accessible. My coworkers are a wild bunch, but all lovely. My job is talking to people while they eat local & super delicious pizza. Seriously? The best. At my other job, I get to practice spanish everyday. I am meeting new people everyday and learning new things everyday. I now know that chèvre is goat cheese, butternut squash is delicious on pizza, vegan cheese is tapioca based, I still don't like olives, and super c is a type of tractor. 

I may not be wild and free but I am having a few adventures. Here's what those look like: 

Here is my final prayer: 

That my heart would be content. That my adventures would be in love. And that every person I meet would encounter grace.