I choose a BIG LIFE

I don’t remember how I came across the blog Shutter Sisters.  But I endeavor to be a better photographer and I love their site.  Today there was a post about living a bigger life and there was a link to a video by Dane Sanders.  I don’t know anything about Dane Sanders.  But his video moved me.  You should take a few minutes to watch it.

Why settle for a little life from Dane Sanders on Vimeo.

Did you watch it?  I hope you did.  But if you didn’t that’s okay too.  You know how you can KNOW something but never really know it?  That is how I felt after I watched the video.  There is nothing shocking or new about what he is saying.  But the way he said it clicked with me.  I have watched the video three times and will probably watch it again.  The idea of choosing whether to live a big or small life really made sense to me.  I also liked the part about having everything you need already inside and that only you can change you.  Like I said, these aren’t new ideas.  But ever since I watched the video for the first time late this afternoon all I can think about if living a big life.

And I have so many reasons to live a big life.  But the most important two reasons are Dean and Emory.  I don’t want to sit on the sidelines and watch them grow up.  I want to be right in the middle of it, helping them, loving them, encouraging them, and supporting them.  I want a big life so they will learn to live a big life.

This whole idea is still swirling around in my brain and I haven’t had time to digest it all yet but I needed to get it down.  I wanted to share it with you.  I am sure that I will write more about it after I have some time to think on it and roll it around in my head and decide what it means for me.

I have a magnet on the refrigerator that I bought years ago that says, “Whatever you are, be a good one.”  It was said by Abraham Lincoln.  I always feel drawn to the magnet.  And I feel like the message falls inline with this idea of living a big life.

Oh I feel so excited.  I have a million things to say but they are flying around my head so fast that I can’t make them all line up into coherent post.  Watch the video if you haven’t.