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#1 Where Legends Fear to Fly

  • Writer: Christian D'Andre
    Christian D'Andre
  • Nov 19, 2024
  • 3 min read

Updated: Feb 12

Ascension. That is our cause. Are we to live in fear, live in chains? Or are we to rise? Are we to live in starvation, always hungry for a better tomorrow, or are we to harness the power to become brightly shining stars today? Are you ready to shatter your limits, or are you content to remain within your squalor confined? 


Goodness gracious, who was that talking? I can’t say for sure, but he may make a few more appearances over the next two weeks. 


As I was wrapping up my series on Quasimodo and his refuge-turned-prison, I kept on wondering “how could I ever top this?” No movie means more to me than that one and every nominee felt like a flat coke next to this root beer float extravaganza. So I started slapping together my list of candidates anyway, and figured the themes that I wanted to cover would be enough to at least create something that was half-decent. 


But then I came across an old song that used to inspire me. And when I say “inspire” I mean I practically got high off this song. Something raged forth from the very deepest pit of my soul to create a force that only Heaven could contend with. I’m yet to meet another person who has heard of this band, let alone this song, but it’s called “where angels fear to fly” by Battle Beast. I started tossing around the idea of that title in my head. I thought all about daring to dream, to do things that most people would call crazy. I wound up writing a blog entry for it. I didn’t get around to editing and posting it right after I finished it, but I’ll be including it in this series for y’all as a bonus. Anyway, as I finished the entry, I realized that I could do an entire series on this. Thoughts raced through my mind as post after post mapped itself out for me like a blast of clarity. As I wrestled with my hesitation, a thought whispered “if it gets you this excited, you have to at least explore it.” 


But what are we even talking about anyway? I can string these words together in a blaze of glorious nonsense, but that doesn’t make it mean anything. No, we are going to get really practical on this one. This series will be about hope. You see, we all have mental barriers. It’s true. Whether those barriers tell you not to eat cereal past breakfast time or they keep you from making new friends, we all have blocks that hold us back from reaching our full potential. I want to take some time to study those barriers and to find ways to smash through them. I want to turn our inner darkness into light. 


But this is not the talk of some sort of mystical guru or Goggins-fanboy. Even at our most free, we aren’t gods. But we aren’t hopeless either. I want to study the nature of hope, and how we can harness it for use in our own lives. That’s what this series is all about. It’s about finding yourself in the darkest places in your mind and lighting those places up with a force as ferocious as thunder and lightning. Together, we will overcome our dark horizons, lighting them up to be as clear as day. Together, we will rise to even greater heights. 


OH BOY! Am I pumped to get this started! I realize I say this a lot, but I am super-stoked to share this journey with you! I hope you’re ready to light your own beacon of hope, because even the darkest night must eventually give way to an even greater dawn. And the greatest dawn is now upon you!

Until next time

May Peace be your Guide.

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