Just Me

     “Believe it or not…it’s just me.”  I used to love that show, The Greatest American Hero, when I was a kid.  Maybe, if you’re old enough…you did, too.  It was the story of an unexpecting/unexpected hero…a teacher turned spandex-clad superhero.  He could fly; he just had a hard time landing.

     I think that I’m a bit like that, minus the alien-powered red suit and cape.  I don’t really think I’m much of a hero either…just a wannabe.  I want to have a positive impact on all those I come in contact with.  I want to do right by people, friend and foe alike.  I offer respect and expect that it will be returned.

     I want to be a voice crying out from the wilderness preparing the path of truth.  I want to stand in the gap, defend the weak, protect freedom, and live my life to the fullest.  I want, like Thoreau, to suck the marrow out of life and to dance within the fire Garth Brooks sang about.  I want to live full and dream BIG.  

     Currently, I find myself chasing my biggest dream…the M.A.T. in Secondary English.  I want to write, and I want to teach.  I’ve been through too much to find myself and my purpose.  From graduating with my BBA in Economics for my parents and earning my Masters of Divinity to better enjoy my faith to waiting tables for two years and working as a paraprofessional while finishing my pre-reqs here at KSU, I’ve busted my @$$ to get here.  Thank God, I am finally here.

     I have a twisted combination of books that I am reading right now, along with our texts.  I’m juggling C.S. Lewis, Glenn Beck, Max Ludado, and Dan Brown.  Maybe if I chose just one, I’d be able to finish a book faster.

     In the meantime, I am a movie buff.  Movies are escape and education, a type of 21st Century literature.

     Who knows?  Maybe, I’ll walk on air one day.  Maybe, I’ll be someone’s hero.  Maybe, I’ll influence some student somewhere to put feet to their faith, to pursue their dreams.  Maybe, I’ll help them to accomplish those dreams.  Who knows?  Stranger things have happened.  Last November, I got the girl…never thought that would have ever happened.  Gotta tell ya…I am truly blessed.

No Wax,

A. Brannon Schwamlein