I Am

I am a storyteller. I am a world changer. I am strong and irreplaceable. It's high time I start acting like it.

I have begun to see the world differently. Something has changed. Something has settled. Something has opened up.

I live with endless possibilities. I live with a strange, rekindled passion. I live with frustration that I am not where I want to be. I live with hope that I will get there.

I asked myself, What do I Stand For? Last November, I could not tell you. That question was My Question. Along with Where Am I Going and What Do I Want.

But really, it all came down to

Why.

Why do I do the things I do? Why do I want the things I want? What do I want?

What do I want?!

What is my "why?"

Why am I here? Why do I exist? Why do I want the things I want? Why do I work so hard? What do I work for?

I believe in our story and The Story. I believe things in this world need to change. I believe in the hope of God. I believe His kingdom can come. I believe I can be a part of that.

I believe that so firmly in my soul that all other things seem but shadows and I am having a hard time devoting any part of myself to them.

I can be strong. I can be healthy. I can be connected. I can make a difference. I can bring beauty and life to a world that is dark and lost. I can help in the Big Story. I can be a part of something much larger than myself.

God is showing me how I can do that in small ways now, but I am not contented with the small ways. With great power comes great responsibility (Thank you, Spiderman). I have been given immense power in my talent and vitality and money and a life here in America and I cannot take these things lightly. I cannot squander them. I must use them. My very soul demands it. My spirit requires it. All else is worthless to me. My life without this is for naught.

I know this now as solidly as I have ever known anything in my life.

I cast all other hindrances aside.

the Plan has begun...