stories

I just reread A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller again and he talks a lot about living a good story in it. He sees life as a giant movie that we are all thrust into, to weave a beautiful story, or to write something that no one cares to see on DVD.
And I think that a lot of this is true- that we have a choice to write a great story, or to write a story about getting a good job and buying a volvo. And there's nothing wrong with volvos, but it's settling for a small story instead of reaching for something big, for an epic.
I realized about a week ago that my story so far this semester has not been as good as it could be. So I've been taking small steps, saying yes to a few more things, spending more time with people, reading more books, and doing more yoga. These aren't my big story, they're just small steps on the way to something greater.
I want to write a great story with my life. A story about building things that last, a story about loving people, and a story that ultimately points to the writer of all stories, the author of time.