a_million_milesi'm reading way too many books right now. but the one that has most captured my attention is donald miller's a million miles in a thousand years: what i learned while i edited my life. i was starting to wonder if maybe donald miller was a one-trick pony, crushed under the weight of the success of blue like jazz. turns out that is almost what happened. this effort, though, is mature, beautiful, and heartbreaking. i can't stop thinking about it. there are numerous quotes i'd love to pull, but here's a taste...if i learned anything from thinking about my father, it's that there is a force in the world that doesn't want us to live good stories. it doesn't want us to face our issues, to face our fear and bring something beautiful into the world. i guess what i am saying is, i believe God wants us to create beautiful stories, and whatever it is that isn't God wants us to create meaningless stories, teaching the people around us that life isn't worth living.
i hope that's what amy and i are doing with this little adventure we're on...creating a beautiful story...something with meaning...
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