Every once in awhile, you witness something that makes you step back and take a real hard look at what you are doing....in every aspect of life. Marlene Bridges was, to my knowledge, the first to bring this story to the attention of this community. I heard about it originally from a young man and friend I work with by the name of Geoff Fritz. Greatness, like inspiration, is an awe-inspiring and somewhat relative terminology to use when defining anything. Until, of course, you look it in its very eyes. Then, is when you step back and wonder....could I ever be what I dreamed I could become?
Sometimes this so-called greatness & inspiration is thrust upon you. Maybe you've even been born into it. Perhaps, it found you by accident, or you, it. And in some cases, that dream was led by you and fueled by so many others around you that helped your persistence to refuse to let it go. No matter the particular situation or circumstance, with all the bad that goes on in every aspect of life as we know it...it's nice to see something like this.
The Face of a Peasant, The Voice of a God.
I hate reality shows as I've always thought if it is on television, it's fake in some regard. Reality Shows are the ultimate oxymoron, or at least pre-conceived and thought out. Then, I saw this. My first reaction was, "Damn, that is great T.V." Unfortunately for yours truly, I haven't stopped watching it since. It is a rare occassion that I cry or have the hairs on my arms rise up because I see something so extraordinary that life seems so freaking fantastic. Mr. Paul helped do that. My cynical self thought that this was an inspired and creative storyline that was ingenious, but not live reality as we live it and believe it to be at the hands of "Reality T.V." Regardless, every Damn day I have listened to this since. It makes me weep with joy, my soul stand on end. Whether this is one of the more clever ruses on television, or one of those moments in life you'd have a hard time replacing, I have a new hero. And it's not Simon, it's Paul!
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