I love this picture.
It’s a lot more than just an old bald guy and his dog. For me, this picture signifies everything about the crazy journey I’ve taken since my injury.
It’s the culmination (so far) of the story of Relentless Grace. It began in a rehab unit, wandered through more than a decade of depression and loneliness, and now…this.
Yesterday I used this slide to summarize my latest workshop at Harvest Farm. I said, “Your experiences are either an excuse to feel sorry for yourself…or an opportunity to write a remarkable story.
“My prayer for you is that you guys see your lives up to this point as the opening chapters in a book. You get to write the rest of the story. Write something remarkable!”
One of the guys made a cool observation. “In a book, it’s mostly the ending you remember.”
Another guy said, “And the story wouldn’t be very interesting if the first part didn’t have some bad stuff.”
I laughed. “See? You guys have an unfair advantage. You spent the first part of your lives getting a head start on a good story. Now you’re preparing to write a great ending.
“The greater the obstacles, the sweeter the success.”
I guess that’s why I love the picture. I reminds me of the challenge and God’s promise that no struggle will ever be wasted.
For a long time I wouldn’t have believed that picture was possible.
Hope…changes what’s possible.
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