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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Explore. Dream. Discover

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

This quote meant so much to me when I first realized I was heading to New Zealand. I was just reading it again today and I love the last three words. "Explore. Dream Discover."

Explore: There's so much more to life than routine and comfort. Exploring is going outside and looking at things differently. It's trying new things even if you epicly fail at them. I have explored so many new things here. I love going for runs and just taking time to get my perspective back when I see the mountains and how amazing nature is.

Dream: Well we all pretty much know about this one but I just wrote out some goals today and realize I don't do it enough. There not the kind of "if-I-don't-get-it-done-I'll-freak" goals but I just took time to dream about who I want to become and what I want to be the focus of my future.

Discover: The coolest discovery is ourself. It's also the scariest. I have discovered how much I need Jesus EVERYDAY over these last 9 months in New Zealand. Yes, I have seen amazing landscapes and natural beauty beyond anything I could imagine, but the stuff I have come to see in myself and the fact that God has so much grace for me, is the single most overwhelming thing I have discovered here.