Adventure and its Curious Friends

       Life is a lot like a well written book.  You turn pages, begin new chapters, and when all is said and done, you will finish the story, close the hardback cover and it will be placed on the shelf next to the other stories as unique as your own.  Many times you approach a point in the story where you would rather not turn the page- you would rather set the book down and not continue, from fear of what is in the ensuing lines of text, or for the sweet times you had on the pages before, and you fear the closing of the chapter.  Other times, you are unable to cease turning pages as fast as you are able for the joy and excitement of it all!  I think it is quite curious how much like a good story life can be.  Ups, downs, anticipation, sweet memories and pain encased in ink and dry parchment:                  A beginning and an end.  Although...

Maybe the most beautiful thing about a sunset is that each evening, when it falls on the crest of the horizon, it explodes into a new and spectacular array of fiery amber and soft violet? Wonder and curiosity drives people to do great things. Sir Isaac Newton, as the tale goes, proposed a theory of gravity after wondering about a simple apple that struck his head as he dozed underneath an apple tree.  Truly if one has gazed into a microscope at the millions of tiny compartments called cells, which compose the symphony of microorganisms called your body, they will be filled with awe at the complexity and beauty of it. Now, to some that might seem a bit gross or dull, after all, not everyone loves studying biology, physics, or maybe even the thought of science or mathematics makes you cringe.  I think this is also what makes the human race quite wonderful.  Wrongs and evils aside, mankind is a kind of beautiful conglomeration of different tastes and culture...