Choose your own Adventure

This morning I woke up thinking about these books I used to read as a kid called "Choose your own Adventure." I LOVED to read growing up...like I would read 20 plus books a summer! Yay... I was kind of dorky that way... but I still love to read now and I think that is a good thing.

But these books in particular were awesome because I got to make the choices for how the plot would play out. While being chased by a wild animal, was the main character going to run into the scary, dark cave behind his friend or was he going to bolt the other way and hope for a better fate toward the cliff? SO fun!

Then I got to thinking how much of life is this way... an adventure with options...some exciting and unknown, and some safe and secure. As I look back at my adventure so far I have found myself settling for the "safe" bet rather than the exciting, daring a lot of times. Recently though... I have started choosing the daring adventure... the one that makes my heart race and me a little sweaty, and WOW it has been so amazing!!!

Particularly with business... It has been just over 6 months since Derek left his "day job" to join the photography business. 6 months since we launched "Frenzel Photographers". Derek and I have been living in one of those "Choose your own Adventure" books. So many days we are faced with a choice... do the safe and secure or the daring and different? We are choosing the daring and it has been exciting, challenging, scary at times, wonderful, and amazing! God is guiding this adventure and we are buckled in tight and enjoying the ride! And as we make choices we grow as people, as husband and wife, and as partners. We are learning who we really are and who we really want to become!

I have learned that...

-There is SO much out there to learn and experience.

-I love being creative SO much that I feel bored when I'm not creating or thinking about creating.

-My husband is an incredibly hard worker! He busts his butt every day for us and it is incredible!

-We are made for this! Building a business from the ground up, and watching it take off. We still have SO much to learn and figure out, but the process is crazy fun to us.

-Following my heart and my dreams is the only way to TRULY be alive! Like I said it is scary, unknown and definitely not secure, but it brings me so close to the God that created those desires and dreams and it forces me to be confident in and really push myself.

-Every day has its own mini "Choose your own Adventures." And how much more fun my days are when I view it that way... Will the main character (me) choose to fold laundry while listening to music or empty the dishwasher with her kids help (er.. not helping, but still fun)? :)

Today's adventures include:

*On our way to the grocery store the kids and I stopped by a little free pumpkin carnival. We had free hot dogs, got balloons, candy, and picked out a free pumpkin. Can't beat that!

*A photo shoot a little later with a sweet family

*Perfecting my Chicken Piccata

*Spending the evening with family.

So go, live your adventure!

Are you the daring and bold, or the safe and secure adventurer? Care to share a story of a time in life you chose the daring and bold? Thoughts in general?