About a week ago one of my best friends and mentors, Mike Sanders, asked me to answer the question, "What would you do if you had only 1 year to live?"
So I grabbed a cigar and my keys and drove to Crosswinds Marsh to walk, think, and write.
I got to Crosswinds Marsh, and was instantly happy :). I love this place. I love the quiet. I Iove the crisp air. I LOVE the sounds of the geese and ducks honkin and quackin in the background. I love the wildlife and the scenery of almost untouched land.
I wrote at the top "If you only had 1 year to live…what would you do?"
And in scattered bits (as you may be able to tell in the above picture. A.D.D. haha). this is what I wrote:
"In the mornign you are faithful.
In the evening you are faithful.
In the noontime you are faithful." <- Lyrics from a song by Brihersister that I was listening to when I started.
First thing after that was- I wouldnt have a care in the world about seeking girls.
I would IMMEDIATLEY begin support raising TELLING people I have only 1 year to live. And not in a way for people to feel pity, but in a way to let them know I mean BUSINESS! I gotta GET GOIN! Ya know? Id need to get on the "field" ASAP!
I said-I imagine myself being this BOLD CARELESS man. Not caring what people will say, think or act towards me….if it was negative, that is. My only concern would be going where I felt led and simply…building relationships. I will get to know people for some time, and introduce Jesus with my actions…then in conversation. They WILL KNOW & UNDERSTAND.
I'd want to reach as many people as possible all over the world. Id wanna make headlines in the news with the crazy miracles that are happening where im going. I wouldnt leave them until I felt peace about my duties being done there, and someone there can then take my place.
I cant get out of my head that I will being doing a lot of work in SE Asia, Indonesia, or the Phillinpines area.
I would carry myself with uncontainable amounts of JOY AND PEACE.
I would record a lot of what I was doing. It'd be the adventure of a lifetime!
I also said that I would talk to family members that I havent talked to in a while or that I feel maybe ive put off when I know they need someone to talk to.
I'd stop being a MORON and start writing music! Which Is one of my passions. It'd be music that WHEN THEY HEARD…THEY'D KNOW!
I'd be an ADVENTURER!
I wouldnt have time to worry about money, stuff, materials, and stress! HAHAAA!!
And after all of this, and these thoughts….I ask myself WHY AM I NOT LIVING LIKE THIS NOW?!?!
Maybe….I sometimes wish I had only 1 year left?
So hopefully from now on im going to start trying to live more in the spirit and like this!
Soon I will post a blog to raise support for CGA school that I will be attening in GA in January, and an adventure ill be doing afterwards.
If you'd like to donate early visit the "support me " link. FB message me or e-mail me at [email protected] for any questions!
Thanks so much for reading and looking at my pictures! 🙂
–Ben
