MY HERO.

We all have those people in our life, the people who shape us and make us better, they inspire us, encourage us, and teach us about living life right. They are our heroes. They may be your dad, grandparents, siblings, a superstar, politician, best friend or the person that talks on the radio.

My hero is basketball coach, youth paster, musician, dad, husband, brother and son, Kyle Peterson. There is so much to Kyle that gives me a reason to look up to him like i do.

Kyle has pointed out so many things in me, that i would never think of. He can see right through my smile. Its crazy its just like he knows. If i'm upset he can tell just by looking at me, nobody else does that. I don't understand that either.

some major things that he has said to me that have impacted me:
1. you're a musician( he got me started in worship leading, and playing the guitar all together)
2. you're a leader( people listen when i talk)
3. people look up to you( which is like being a leader but it means different things to me)
4. she'd really like masters commision.( he told this to someone else, and i would like MC)
5. he said he was proud of me. ( this made the biggest impact on me.)

Then there are the things he preaches. One of my favorite sermons is something like, "What will i be remembered for?" Its main point is that after you die what do you want to be remembered for? I've thought about it and the first things i think of are, a good musician, someone who always smiles, someone who makes me happy. Pretty generic, but the real answer is i want to be remembered for being different in speech, life, faith, love and in purity. (1 tim. 4:12) I'll explain, i want to be remembered for living differently but in a way that sets an example for people to be better, i want to lead people to christ, thats the thing i want to be remembered for, the most important thing.

Kyle is always saying things like this, always setting an example, and he's never content with who he is, he always wants to be more, more humble, more generous, more selfless. He is the most selfless person i know, and he's always trying to push it to the next level. This has drivin me to do some simple but unexpected things, like this lady betty, she's got to be 90, and for some reason on sunday mornings when she gets to church i'm always walking by the doors and i always am drivin to go out side no matter the weather( which hasn't been nice) and take whatever she is carrying its always something, and walk her to the door. Which is the type of thing kyle would do and want all of us to do. It just seems so little but my reward for doing this for betty is the nickname of her angel, which means more to me than you can imagine.

If i didn't know Kyle i bet i wouldn't be anything like what i am now. I now plenty of kids who would agree, and there is not enough i could do to thank him.

Kyle Peterson is my hero, and i will never forget the impact he has made on me.

just use your imagination

Imagination, its something most people use everyday. I know i do. I practically swim in my imagination sometimes. I write whole novels in my head, i picture the future, what i might be like. I think of how the whole world we be like. Imagine Anything.

Imagination is something the next generation might be lacking though. I was spending time with my family, and my 7 yeat old cousin Nicole. I don't think i could even count the times i heard her say, "I'm bored." Being bored in my house when i was younger was not acceptable. If i did my mom that she would have something for me to do in a heartbeat.

I quickly learned to keep busy. My sisters and i would read books, do homework, clean our rooms, i'd re-arrange mine, we'd play games, draw, sing at the top of our lungs, make up dances. And after that, we'd get creative.

This is when imagination would get fun. I remember plenty of times, my younger sister Kelli Jo and i would go outside and pretend to be twin princesses hiding from magical things. We'd create castles in the snow, with chairs and beds. Or in the summer we'd pretend to be nature explorers or stranded people, we'd run through the woods, behind my house, picturing the trees stretched out for miles. Then we'd discover something "important" that would save us, and send us home. Sometimes we'd just sit inside and ad-lib or I.S.(imagination station it was our term for ad-libing), we spent time making up stories off each others characters, and building the stories to rediculous climaxes. Kelli and i would then try to draw our characters for each other, so we'd have a clearer picture of the scene. Though the artwork could be a little off, we always discovered things to do. Mainly with our imagination.

I still use my imagination all the time too, when i'm reading, or doing a school project, even listening to music. I imagine pictures that fit the feel of the music. I picture if the music were people how they would be moving. Imagination is important to me.

I'm a little disappointed with the elementry generation. They do all there thinking outside of their heads, they already have the pictures laid out in front of them. They have "educational" video games, tv shows, dvd's and books on tape. It's sad that they don't have as many chances to see all that their imagination can do.

Nicole seems to have no creativity, she is always looking for someone to give her something to do. Even when she is forced to find something to do by herself, the only thing she comes up with is putting in a dvd or turning on cable. If only Nicole could do a little I.S. she might be a little happier with her time spent.

Not that all elementary age kids have this problem, but if only a rare few did. Then maybe they could be the next leonardo divinci's or vivaldi's.

Imagination can do anything, it can take you to different worlds, universes, even back in time. I just hope that my imagination doesn't stay a part of my childhood, i hope it stays with me, and that all the kids get to do the same with theirs. The times Kelli and i spent useing our imaginations are irreplaceable. I wouldn't trade it for the world.

Just use your imagination, it can get you anywhere.