White Giants

I found myself captivated by white giants today. I was moved and also inspired by their beauty and presence in the landscape of sagebrush. Its massive stainless steal arms cut through the air with precision and speed soaking up the wind passing through them. In the distance stood many more of these giants spotting the foreground and disappearing at the horizon line. They stole the stage from the distant mountains and rolling prairies that nature had originally set up for the eye’s pleasure. The anomaly these towering forms made was part of the loveliness about them.

They stood out, they made themselves known to any eye that see’s them. I envy them for that. How would that be? Something so great, so peaceful but so powerful, being a force that gets respect by simply existing. If only a person could be as humble as they are with the power the hold. I think that there are people like that.

I think that there are men and women that we can trust, that we can rely on, that know what humility is. People that grew up working hard and know what values are, and actually live them. People that mean what they say, and say what they mean. You know the people I am talking about. You have them in your life. They surround us in our friend circles, in our classrooms, and in our homes. Have you ever wondered, “Am I someone’s giant?”

We can never know at all times who is watching us, who is learning from the words we say, and who is copying our actions. We must always strive to be giants constantly, even when we think we are alone. We are not just the sage brush that is dwarfed by the towering bodies above them. That’s what the world wants us to believe about ourselves. We are individuals that are great and that are capable of doing great things for our fellow men and women. We need to raise above all the words, and all the pressure to become the definitive leaders and examples that we know we can be. We need to stand out for those who need to see that there is hope, and that there is good. We need to be the giants in the landscape that is our towns, cities, schools, and churches.

Be that example, BE THAT GIANT.