An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered. --Gilbert K. Chesterton

What is an inconvenience? It is something that we don't want to do because it distracts us from doing whatever we are already doing. We hate inconveniences. The need to keep doing whatever we started, to keep going down the same path that we entered, is built into our brains. We simply don't want any distractions or deviations of any kind. Sometimes this is a good thing because we were on the right path in the first place. But what if we are not?

What is an adventure? It is when we try on new clothes, so to speak. It is when we do something that is different from whatever we are already doing and see what the result turns out like. We experiment. We follow the path less travelled and see where it ends up. If we like where we turn up that's great, and if we don't we just follow another road. An adventure is the same as an inconvenience. It is still a deviation and distraction from what we were doing already. Only this time we have made it fun.

An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered. Language is very important. It really makes a difference what we label something as. We picture an adventure as fun and exciting. We picture an inconvenience as annoying and frustrating. But they are really one and the same thing. Don't go around complaining of inconveniences. See them as adventures instead. Your life will be much more fun.