I’d love to say adventure in hopes of impressing my 17 year old self. That me thought excitement was the only way to keep the sadness and complacency away. I suppose for some, it is, but if I’ve learned anything so far in my ripe old age of twenty-five, it’s that security is okay too.
It is okay to want a life that doesn’t require excitement and intrigue all of the time. It is okay to find a partner who doesn’t change like the wind and who you can depend upon. I’m not saying I want to stay stagnant. Some people see the word security and liken it to constrained or boring. I see security and I know I won’t have to spend my life constantly guessing what is going to happen next. Who is going to leave next? How am I going to make that goal happen?
I don’t know. Maybe I’m wrong. Perhaps in a few years I’ll find a very different response to this same question. Or perhaps I’ll finally look back at myself and know that I was onto something.
A.B. Lee Writes 