Walking Tall

So me and the wife watched this movie tonight and it was really good. If you havent seen it yet and plan on it, then dont read further because i will probably ruin the just of the plot for you. Dont read on..if not..then read on..

The movie basically takes place in a real small town and the Rock is an army soldier returning home from being away for 10 years. Well a lot has changed and he realizes it right off the bat. Things have gone bad ...the biggest source of income use to be a mill that was founded with dignity and respect but now that has closed and the biggest place in town bringing all the money and helping it stay afloat..is basically a strip club casino where everyone is full of themselves and all in it for themselves. Well the name of the movie is walking tall and that is just what the rock does in the movie. He refuses that life style and doesnt stoop to that low of a level. Eventually he fights back and turns the town back around.

This Got me thinking just about how life has been for me lately and how stuff has changed in my life and i feel like nothing is left like it use to be. Im here still walking tall hoping that things will turn for better eventually. I mean i look back and 3 years ago i was just a kid..no responsibilites...No job, no car, but enjoying life to the fullest. STESS-FREE. Id wake up and go to school, play basketball 4 out of the 7 days a week, and if i wasnt playing basketball I was doing something that had to do with church. Bible study, worship practice, sunday school, mission projects. And this is when life for me was the most enjoyable. I saw God the most and it seemed like i had a group standing tall with me. Then I slowly became more responsible which led to getting a Job.

From that point on, paying for everything on my own...the stress has started. The stress of having to make bills, but still expected to do so much. Im still walking tall but it is hard when you seem to barely have the time to think. And im not complaining, but i am sitting back and looking at life. I mean i work 5 if not 6 days of the week and on my one day off i find it hard to roll out of bed to go to church and get involved again. Mainly because its changed for me, gone sour so to speak. Through all ive been through its hard to want to go to a place that seems not like what it use to be. But this movie inspired me to want to walk tall and bring back what was there. Because what was there is where i had all my joy. Stuff Changes but we dont have to blend in with the change...because not all changes are for the better. They say step out and take a chance, but if that chance clearly isnt working..there is no use in running it in the ground..get out!

I need to find a way to want to get involved again because at this point all the non-sense and stupidness in the last few months with me and God's people and his church really makes me not want to. I need to suck it up and deal with all of it, things can only get better anyways. Just need to walk tall.