Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who come alive.” Some nuggets that help with the reflection process in what I am to do in this world to make it better, and more importantly, to make myself better. Even for those not practicing as Christians, the message remains strong: “Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Such as “the question that haunts every man”… from Jackson Browne’s The Pretender: “Are you there? Say a prayer for the Pretender who started out so young and strong only to surrender” or Paul Simon’s The Boxer: “In the corner stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade and he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down and cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame, I am leaving, I am leaving but the fighter still remains.” He also introduced verses from the Bible to support his point. His “clips” from movies and lyrics from songs worked well, enjoyed and knew most of the movies/books/songs he referenced. Not sure I agreed with a lot of his perspectives, ie get our young males into the woods, climb a mountain, shoot a gun, get the animal instincts back into the young warrior. A very interesting concept, Men are Wild at Heart and need to get back to being warriors, of sorts. Here’s his website: For those who aren’t Christian, may be a difficult read, well, even for some who are. ![]() ![]() A huge departure from yesterday’s comedy/mystery to today’s book, Wild at Heart by John Eldredge, a Christian minister.
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