"Shall we not take the adventure that Aslan hands us?" (one of the Narnia books)

Which is kind of an unnatural (for me) way of viewing life. I so envy those people who can embrace each new day with courage and confidence, who can glory in hardship because to them it is just another "adventure", just another opportunity to explore God's grace. I don't know, are there those people? Maybe hardship creates those people?

Isn't it funny how when you go out of state for just a few days the time speeds by, but you feel like you've been gone forEVER (and your homework testifies to this...)