Why I Cancelled Netflix.
This isn’t really a blog about wasting time. This isn’t a blog about distraction. This isn’t a blog about living intentionally. This is honestly just a short story about an awesome night that reshaped me.
I had just gone to see Jurassic World with one of my oldest friends. It was opening night of the film. the smell of popcorn and cheep microwaved everything else filled the air. The theater was packed with people who had flocked there like gallimimus.
(not actual people in theater, this photo is from the movie)
The roars were loud, both from the screen and the audience. People cheered and clapped. It was a great time.
I felt like a child watching this masterpiece. it brought me back to being a four year old watching Jurassic Park at a theater that isn’t even there anymore. That childlike energy hasn’t left me since the movie and its given me new energy towards this mission trip that i am about to journey on. it was such a great feeling, but that wasn’t the end of the night.
After the movie my pal and I rode back to the apartment complex (in my soon to be sold 1994 Camero) where he lived and walked around and talked. As we were walking I saw the faint glowing of tvs from a couple of different windows. I noticed one in particular, on the second story of one of the buildings, someone inside was watching Prison Break.
My first thought was, “dude, you need to break out of there,(referring to the guy in his apartment staring at that TV)You’re in a prison.”
See,
I remember being a Kid and playing outside. climbing trees. laughing, running. riding bikes with my bros. That movie reminded me of that childhood.
so here I was out in the beautiful cool night air, with one of my best buddies since middle school, just talking about life and girls and all that. But I was looking at these pale lights all around me and it made me sad. I’m standing in the wide open outdoors with all of this freedom, but all of these people were cooped up inside. Trapped in little boxes staring at little boxes.
I don’t want to be trapped in a box.
i dont want my testimony to be a faint glow in a window.
So a couple of days ago I cancelled Netflix.
I’m selling my Xbox in the next few days.
Then my tvs after that,
Then my car after that.
All the proceeds of everything are going towards my mission trip anyway.
If I’m going to fix my attention on anything it’s going to be on Jesus.
