Do You Have An Adventurous Spirit?
By MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (82802)
United States
March 20, 2017 11:24am CST
I know that I'm more on the conservative side and I'm not much of a risk taker.
My 22 year old grandson is definitely the opposite and loves adventure.
Right now he's up in Vermont skiing and snowboarding. He does this maybe twice a year and has a ball.
From the time he was about 8 I know he carried his skateboard with him everywhere. He loved to come to my house since I have nice smooth sidewalks and he would skate for hours.
Now when he comes to visit I can hear him about a half mile away since he has a suped up Mustang. He loves fast cars in additional to all his other activities.
Summer months are no exception and he'll go white water rafting and zip lining.
Just recently he decided he was going to pursue a career as an airplane pilot. He has enough credits to enroll in a pilot school and I'm sure he'll be awesome.
It's never a career path I thought he'd take but I can't picture him at a desk job at all.
For me, the most I want my feet off the ground is when I open my recliner!! 
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
20 Mar 17
The airlines need good pilots! He should go for it! I was an adventure lover in my younger days.....when I didn't worry about broken bones and such! Now I'm more laid back. I use my brain and mouth more now!
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@Marilynda1225 (82802)
• United States
20 Mar 17
I kind of thought you had a bit of an adventurous side Abby 
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
20 Mar 17
@Marilynda1225 Remind me to tell the skiing story one day!
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
20 Mar 17
I am adventurous in that I love to travel to other countries and eat new foods but with my bad knees my sport adventure days are over.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
21 Mar 17
@Marilynda1225 Me too and if the line to do it hadn't been so long I might have given it a go on the cruise ship.
@Marilynda1225 (82802)
• United States
21 Mar 17
My bad knees keep me from doing lots of things but nothing crazy like my grandson. However part of me always had a secret desire to zip line
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@Marilynda1225 (82802)
• United States
21 Mar 17
At first he was going to join law enforcement but I think being a pilot is more suited for his personality
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@LadyDuck (471498)
• Switzerland
21 Mar 17
@Marilynda1225 When I was younger I was ready to pack and go to see new places and countries. We never stayed in resorts but we loved to stay in small places to know more of the habits and costumes of local populations. When we noticed that some places were too dangerous, we moved to safer hotels. This is adventure without risks.
@Marilynda1225 (82802)
• United States
21 Mar 17
Your adventurous spirit still comes through in your writing. I bet you were a handful in your younger days. Glad you enjoyed my last sentence 
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@much2say (55669)
• Los Angeles, California
20 Mar 17
I would have said yes if I were still in my 30s . . . but now having family, I feel like I have a lot to lose if I get injured or say if "the worst" happens to me. So I wouldn't like to take those huge kinds of risks anymore. In "spirit" only, I may be just that.
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
20 Mar 17
I'm certainly no risk taker, but we do love to travel all over the world. We've been in places between bombings and with armed guards as escorts. Lol! Both my sons are and my grandkids seem to be following in that path. My friend has a son who became a pilot. He flew her all over the world.
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@Marilynda1225 (82802)
• United States
21 Mar 17
Being a pi!of does sound exciting. I never thought he'd be able to fly me around the world. That makes it even more appealing. You certainty have some exciting adventures with your travels
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
21 Mar 17
@Marilynda1225 Perhaps he will let me him a ride. Would you come, too?
@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
20 Mar 17
I am and I loved skate boarding and skating when I was a kid, water skiing till I hurt my tummy, hiking and all that. I would love to zip line! Yes even at 51 years old I would do it.
Tony can fly an airplane and has many times but does not have his license.
I think that is the perfect job for him, maybe that is why I like running my own businesses, I am a risk taker.
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@Marilynda1225 (82802)
• United States
21 Mar 17
You strike me as the kind of person who's a free spirit. I certainty didn't know that Tony could fly. Did he ever take you anywhere?
There's a part of me that would love to zip line but I probably wouldn't ever do it
@abhinalstrikr (4111)
• India
20 Mar 17
Yeah I like the adventurous spirit and I do plan it getting time to do so
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@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
21 Mar 17
Yes, he is definitely on the side of loving adventure!
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
20 Mar 17
Most of the time I'm more conversative, don't like risks, what if I make the wrong choice?
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@Marilynda1225 (82802)
• United States
21 Mar 17
Sometimes I tend to over think things
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@snowy22315 (180909)
• United States
21 Mar 17
I am adventurous in that I love to travel and see new things and places, but when it comes to taking physical risks, I am afraid I am a big scaredy cat. Not for me I'm afraid!
@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
21 Mar 17
I'd like to think that I have an adventurous spirit but I'll let the police authorities and my previous teachers and professors comment on that!
@Tampa_girl7 (50287)
• United States
22 Mar 17
Oddly even though I have a fear of heights it never scared me to fly.
@JudyEv (340278)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Mar 17
Sounds like you are pretty much opposites but that's okay too. I'm sure you get along just fine.
