I believe we all have life movies. Ones that we wish we could be a part of, or ones that we love so much, we model our lives after.

Years ago, mine was Hope Floats. Now, understand that back then, I was searching for significance and I was looking for meaning.

I wanted to live deep and suck the marrow out of life. What I wanted was reassurance after my years of depression, and to know that I was worth something.

My bags were pretty much packed, and I had every intention of running away. Moving to Smithville, Texas, population 3,901. I wanted to be small. I wanted to be in a place where I could start over, and leave the past behind. I wanted to be Justin Matisse.

It was a phone call from the Walmart store manager that ended my plans. I had an apartment set up, and literally was ready to be on my way. But I needed a job, I needed security. I wasn’t going down there without one, and when my phone rang almost 8 years ago to the day, my life movie came to a screeching halt.

They had hired someone else.

And so the story goes, that hope didn’t float. At least not in Texas. Looking back, it was probably one of the best things that didn’t happen to me. I know now, that I would have only been running away from things, and that my search for significance would have still continued - just in warmer weather.

So, what’s your life movie?

I am proud to announce that I have released my first 4 Wordpress themes over at Theme Viewer. I will be supporting those themes over there, as well as here within my site. Hopefully they’ll be used all over the world. So here’s my contribution to the Wordpress society - Activate, Blindigo, Detour and Wonderland.