Brain storm.... moderate to severe

I don't believe myself to be an excellent writer. I'm not even a mediocre writer. I took english in high school. I think I got an A. I always enjoyed writing small papers. And I've always wanted to right a novel. But I've never known what to write a story about. I know only a few things I want the story to include. I want it to be an adventure story. yet I want it to be charming. I want it to be a page turning. And i want it to be a story that inspires some amount of greatness in people. I want people to want an adventure after reading it. it has to involve big things. oceans. mountains. But it also has to involve small cottages by the sea with a warm fire and a candle in the window. It has to involve fireflies and nights under the stars. It has to involve music. Music that fills the soul. It has to involve an old man. He stand hunched over on a croked cane, made of twisted wood. He is small now and feeble. He wears a wide rimmed hat and looks mostly bland. But when someone says his name, his eyes come to life and there is a sparkle in his eye similar to the sparkle of when a young man looks at his bride on their wedding day. Although he is old and near death, there is a great deal of life left in his eyes. He should probably have a love interests, or at least a long lost love. This story should involve candy. Perhapse a circus. Definately a hot, humid summers day. It should involve a lot of poverty, but no material wealth. I find it empty and I hate talking about it. It should involve backpacks and babies. Love and fear. Animals, but dogs, not cats. Trucks. Small towns. I don't know much about big ones. It should be something that resonates with someone else. It should be about people. And fast cars. Or at least driving fast. There should be many colors. Many emotions and pauses. It should involve a very small girl with curly hair. Who doesn't like a very small girl with curly hair? It should involve the woods. And a certain young man in the woods and their first time holding hands. It should be a messy book. Not clear cut with clear thoughts and times and dates. It should be feelings and descriptions. And it should surprise you in the end. I feel all of the sudden as if I should write the novel in first person. Yes. Maybe some of my life mixed in with what I wish my life would have been. I don't want my novel to be a Christian novel. i want God naturally soaked into every page and every breathe without having to give the chapter and verse. I can't decide if I want to include fantasy. Giants and flying. Somehow I think that may take away from it. Ships should be included. and sailors. But night time. And moonlight. Oh I love moonlight. and fog.
This is my mess. This is my brainstorm for my novel.