Post Production

Once I decided to write The Privileged I pictured an amazing script for a movie would follow.  Now that there was a story I figured anything was possible, including agents, producers, actors, and a director.  I wrote the story for eight years keeping these things in my mind the entire time, but I also pictured what things would look like in Post Production.  I thought it was the perfect analogy for life.  We spend so much time agonizing how perfect we want our lives to be, the perfect film with a happy ending. I thought about exactly what it would take when it came to my vocation and what would be my happiest of endings.  Now that there was this amazing film called The Privileged I decided what would make it even greater were all the people who were signed on to complete the film such as the editors and the musicians.  I even pictured John Williams of film scoring fame accepting the project.  Why not?  It's my dream so why not dream big.  That's why I envisioned the film winning big at the Academy Awards.  I believe faith will decide the outcome. 

Refuse To Compromise Your Faith

I was so discouraged about my faith that to write about the Catholic church seemed pointless.  Probably the point most disturbing to me was that I could have worked on writing a book for another hundred years to make every word perfect and still not see it reach the hands and eyes of another.  But then comes a day when you realize that to live a life of Faith commands a certain attitude.  An attitude of whatever I say I can accomplish I will accomplish.  That when someone says it can't be done you show them that it can be done and then some.  That even when someone is bold enough to predict your own failures but not inventory their own that you discover your own boldness and dig deep within yourself and find every single treasure that the universe gave to you from the very beginning.  This means that when it comes to your faith, your vocation, your life that you refuse to compromise, you refuse failure, you refuse to negotiate with anyone and settle for less than all of your dreams.  That's all you can do sometimes when nothing else is coming to pass. You refuse to compromise all that you believe about yourself and allow determination to be the driver of your spirit.  All it takes is one.  One kind person.  One big break.  One hopeful word.  One single day that you would not have known had it not been for one uncompromising dream.  Don't settle.  In fact, don't doubt that the one day you'd always dreamed about is about to discover you.