a better story
When my wife Kate and I got married we started asking the question, “What does it mean to live a better story?” It’s the type of question that can haunt you because you realize that there have been seasons, literally years of your life, when everything revolved around you. It’s rather sobering to realize how much more you could be doing. But not much changes, at least for me.
For as long as I can remember; this sobering realization about myself has been easier to brush under the rug than to deal with head on. I look around at all those in need and I feel like giving up before I start. What in the world could I do? So I stop dreaming, stop hoping, and stop doing. Quickly my eyes become adapt in the art of ignorance. Let’s be frank, it’s just a whole lot easier that way. I find myself paralyzed from even attempting to do something.
But then I have beautiful-gut-wrenching conversations, I read an inspiring book, I watch a film, I create something, and hope returns even if only for the briefest of moments. And in that moment I remember something true, something that’s always been true, that just because I cannot do everything does not mean I shouldn’t do the something I can do.
And so I press forward with an overwhelming desire to break the mold of self-indulgence. In the deepest place of my being I desire to break free, to give back, to live outside of myself, to just do something for God’s sake!
For Kate and I, living a better story involves art, people and investing in others. And so A Better Story Studios was formed. This is our attempt to do something. Our hope is that through artistic expression in our design and photography that we would connect with the stories of others. That what we exchange would go beyond providing a service and receiving a payment. Rather it would transcend into a mutual exchange of hope, inspiration and encouragement to continue writing a better story with our lives.
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