A Street Called Glory, April 30

“Most people are living a more exciting life than they think they are..." This was part of a blog by Don Miller that talks about writing a storyline, like you would write a mission statement for a business. He says we should write a storyline for our lives, “What this will do is give you a greater clarity about what you are supposed to do today, this week, this month and this year. You’ll find yourself in the theater of your own mind watching an interesting story unravel.” (Don Miller: Writing A Storyline, the Alternative to the Mission Statement)

I liked his idea. So these are the things I thought about during my run. What is my story line? I put on some good music (shameless plug: Brackenfield) and pictured my life as a movie. What would the back of the DVD cover say? How would the first scene start out? What would the trailer be like?...

...Me running on a cold, hazy morning. Music without lyrics “Echoes of a Far Country” playing in the background. Sound of my shoes on the pavement. Out of breath, like I’m running, not from something or someone, but not really running to something either. Camera angles from my point of view, fade to over my shoulder, shifting to the ground watching my feet, inbetween these views fade to scenes of me as a child. Alternating between running and my childhood. Scenes of the tragedies I’ve experience, scenes of all the times I spent out on the farm riding horses, taking note of how healing horses were for me. Panning from this back to me running, coming to the street sign that says Glory. Stopping, out of breath, but looking at the street sign. Flash forward to an image of the future me standing by a child with tear stained cheeks, next to a horse who stands quietly by the child offering comfort. Enter a low, calm, and soothing voice, reading my storyline…

“After the tragic loss of her father at a young age, Katy refused to let love in again. Desperate to keep her daughter from withdrawing from the world, her mom enrolls her in a horse camp. What she thinks is just a phase becomes her child’s saving grace. The soothing and gentle presence of a horse ends up doing more good for Katy than anyone would suspect.
Then years later as an adult, tragedy strikes again. And Katy has a choice…to withdraw from the world once again or take her pain and use it to bring hope to those who need it most, those whose stories are similar to hers…”

So,

What's your storyline?

Living a Better Story Seminar from All Things Converge Podcast on Vimeo.

Information on Don's Conference on Living a Better Story Seminar in Portland