A few months ago, I found myself fulfilling one of the smaller things in life I wanted to accomplish: ride the new Star Tours (Star Wars) ride at Disney Hollywood Studios with my brother. Having visited Disney World late last year to experience the ride, the circle just wasn’t complete without him there. Over the course of the weekend in Florida, where I actually crossed path with a friend that I met at Disney last year, I found myself reflecting on where life was one year ago and much that had happened since. A year ago the occupational component of my life went into a tail-spin as I got to see what a congressional scandal looks like from a vantage point that – while not first row and behind the class at center ice – was far closer than I ever wanted. When the “situation couldn’t get worse” it did, twice over. At one of the highest points of life, seeing 25 incredible teenage leaders be bequeathed the mantle of Reborn Ranger, one of the worst things happened: my job was being taken from me and I was powerless to arrest that development. I had shared with the Rangers about having spent 30 years learning how to be dependent, and now they were seeing me have to live it.
Aaron Welty
Author, Speaker, and Super Nerd. Aaron Welty speaks and writes regularly connecting the dots of life, faith, and science fiction. Originally from Michigan, he now lives and works in the Washington, DC metro area.
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