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GRATITUDE
Darren Farnesi, Brad Hart, Ken Howard, William Kelly, Ken Knox, Lisa Lipsey,
Stephanie Arwen Lynch, Paul Montero, Bridget O’Connell, Angelica Osborne, Tim Parks, Kevin Plautz,
Caleb Rainey, Tony Reverditto, This is the season that tends to make me mindful about that particular state of be-
ing. We get so caught up in the “what’s missing” mentality, that we often forget to think about the “what we’ve got” part. It is very easy to focus on the negative in life. In fact, in many ways society sort of ex-
pects it—by always promoting the bleakest parts: The environment and global warm- ing, food and water shortages, hurricanes, fires, health-care reform, train derailments, gas prices, gay marriage (and now divorce), Miley Cyrus and twerking…sometimes it’s enough to make you want to stay in bed, pull the covers over your head and scream “uncle.” Not that I really care about Miley’s twerking. Please, have you never been on a dance floor in a gay club? We were all young once. Then along comes a story that makes you realize that life isn’t so bad and maybe it’s
time to have a little perspective. That’s what I learned from the up-and-coming young singer Jonathan Allen: the
idea that even if life gives you a good swift kick, all you can do is get up and continue— putting one foot in front of the other. His story about coming out to his ultra-religious parents and being thrown out could be a tale of woe and divisiveness, but it really isn’t because Jonathan prevented it from becoming so. He chose to build a bigger story—one that isn’t even close to being finished. For me it’s like being in the throws of a really great book, a page-turner one just can’t
put down. Like its protagonist in the midst of the story, I can’t wait to see what Jona- than does next…I want to see, hear and read more. What does this have to do with gratitude, you ask? It’s about the possibilities that
come of great challenges. One either allows oneself to be crushed by them or one chooses to rise up and make the best of them like Jonathan did. There are many cir- cumstances that we might not know about his story, some good and some that may even be less flattering. But in the end, his story is about moving forward and being grateful for the very ability to do so. .
Happy Holidays! Joel Martens,Editor in Chief 8 RAGE monthly | DECEMBER 2013
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