"the ambitions we have will become the stories we live.
If you want to know what a person's story is about,
just ask them what they want.
If we don't want anything, we are living boring stories,
and if we want a roomba vaccum cleaner we are living stupid stories.
If it won't work in a story, it won't work in life."
- donald miller
Moving back from Nepal makes me think a lot about the ambitions in my life.
I mean, when you move to a foreign country to work with girls
who have been sexually abused and hurt in the most evil of ways,
your ambition-meter kind of sky rockets because staring evil in the face will do that to you.
your ambitions become so wrapped up around the crux of
fighting off the bad guys {i.e: kicking butt and taking names}
and seeing the precious ones rescued, restored and healed.
It's not too hard to hunker down and have some real focus.
But every time I move back to the US,
that amition meter seems to think it's on vacation, and it starts to relax.
It become rather vague.
And I suppose vague ambition is really just like atrophy...
the muscle is there but you sure as heck aign't using it for any purpose
other than shoving crap into your mind and body.
Because let's face the music peeps...
living in the US can be a real cake walk if you want it to be.
I mean, we have froyo on every corner, and tivo to literally occupy every waking hour if we wanted it to.
I think it's easy to just live in a bubble and forget about a higher ambition.
but the ambitions we have become the stories we live.
and living in Nepal was an epic part of my story.
and what I'm wrestling with now, is praying into ambition for my world in California.
because who says it has to be different?
can't my story be just as sweet and epic and deep,
moving back to my home in California?
I think the answer is yes
Kev and I feel ever more confident that the only life for us is one living among the poor.
Because wether you live in California or Nepal, they are there.
And our ambition is to open our home and just love the crap out of people.
and say with our actions "you are loved and welcomed here"
Miller says
"A story is based upon what people think is important,
so when we live a story, we are telling the people around us what we think is important"
I don't ever want to wake up one day and realize that my life reflects
that I think tv and range rovers and weekly manicures are important.
I'd really rather have someone watch my life and have no question that my story was about loving people and loving God.
i've got a long way to go...
so i'd better giddy up.
So here's to a season of finding my ambition as clear as can be,
and living a story where the important things win:)
Happy Wednesday,
Katie
