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Lately I feel that steamroller moving at a high rate of speed right on my heels, as I am sure others do also ... It is a battle to stay ahead, to dream, to go against the current, to ENVISION, to see your life as something to investigate and get into to see where it fits.

It is a battle. For me I see it just like that. And for every moment I act disciplined, I feel I earned the right to continue.

The story started ... it is right now. These are the moments that I am talking about, this is what I am trying to capture: the faith and frustrations right now.

Swimming around Lake Michigan makes no sense. It is totally unreasonable. It doesn't really fit into the life of a newly married guy. It causes tensions. This is a GREAT symbol of the obstacles of our lives.

I think of the possibilities before us -- the stories that lay waiting to be nudged alive by a connection between spirits -- and suddenly the water is not so cold, suddenly the effort doesn't seem so great, suddenly the lake seems very appropriate ... almost not big enough!!!

That is how I feel; that is what grabbed me. It is a beautiful battle, life.

Nial Funchion