Everybody has a passion. Everybody has a story to tell

I am watching a movie this morning, The Soloist.  It is awesome.  It tells of a homeless man who is a master musician.

I don't want to give too much of the plot away but it really got me thinking about passions and people's history.  In life, we all come from different places.  We all have different reasons that we have ended up where we are.  Alot of times, we find ourselves stuck in the past.  We get ourselves stuck in a time when things were better.  We want to stay in the reality of one place in our lives that things were easy.

Often we get stuck because we are scared of failure.  We don't want to believe that we can succeed in any other ways.  We look at the high points, the mountain top places and don't ever want to take a leap of faith that might make us feel trapped.

Surviving and staying where things work make life simpler.  Surviving and just getting thru life means that we will never be hurt.

Basically what I am trying to say is everyone has a story.  Everyone has a place where they have been and it helps us to understand who we are.  I have worked with and known many people in my life.  I know people who are pursuing their dreams and never stop no matter what.  I know people who have no doubt of what they want in life and they get it no matter what it costs.

I also know many people who are scared, hurt, who fear taking that leap of faith.  It is so much easier just to survive than to trust in something they cannot see.  It is so much easier to stay where they are then to try something where they might get hurt.

Everyone has a story to tell.  Everyone has a reason that they are where they are.

Take that leap of faith and you will never be sorry.

AMEN