Making History

I used to watch the news and wonder at all the history that was unfolding in those far off places. I loved reading and learning about the “great events” in history. It is clearer and clearer to me now, that history really isn’t something happening “out there”, or in those grand, important events, but everyday we are making history. It might not make the headlines or be on the evening news but if we are alive, engaged in life, we are creating a story – one that is significant, even if only to a few. Life is not a spectator sport. We cannot sit on the sidelines or in front of the television watching it unfold (or even in front of the computer). We must engage. We may not always be the author, as our stories intermix; we all have some part in history – if we are truly alive, whether at home, work, neighborhood, community, country, world.