my story
Typically in the summer I tend to favor reading books that aren’t deep theological books. I stray from reading books that I know will take just as long digesting as they took to read. With that in mind, I just finished reading Donald Miller’s A Million Miles in a Thousand Years.
It’s a book about creating the story you want to live with your life. There’s many different segments of Donald’s own story interwoven through the book, creating it’s biggest strength. It’s the kind of book where the room you’re sitting in just fades away, and if feels like you’re sitting in a comfy couch with a cup of coffee and Donald is sitting across from you, telling the stories while gazing out at some unseen vista.
Underneath the stories that he weaves together is the constant question: “What kind of story do you want to live with your life?” When I look at my own life, it pales in comparison to the story I want to live. There’s highlights that I look fondly on and stand out in my mind, but even those images sometimes pale in comparison to the things I daydream about.
I struggle with writing words down, and it makes me feel like I don’t have the ability to ‘write’ my own story to be what my mind and heart desire it to be. Donald’s solution seems to be akin to the Nike slogan of ‘Just do it.” He tells us of impulsively deciding to hike the Inca trail, no small feat, and you can feel his passion and fondness for the memories that he made.
I think it’s time for me to go and make some memories of my own.
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