Story

Because...

Cowboy Rick saw me taking pictures, and very kindly, offered to show us around.

He told us the history of the stagecoach, 

and how it was the very first ride at Silver Dollar City.

[which is now a good sized theme park in Branson,MO. in case your wondering :)]

And then...how he discovered the coach years later, and gave it new life.

Jumping aboard, he shared more wonderful stories,

his passion for God, people, and service,

and even gave us a few demonstrations.

I was both captivated, and inspired.

It felt good to be where nothing else mattered.

To slow down and pay full attention to the moment.

Sometimes...things aren't always as they seem.

[ i thought i was just walking past another prop]

I was just snapping another picture.

It turned out to be so much more.

There is beauty and interest and perhaps...

a good story behind just about everything in life.

And the best things happen when we believe in good,

when we give people the benefit of the doubt, 

a moment of our time.

When we understand that there is pain and bad things that happen in the world.

But they are overshadowed by people like Cowboy Rick...

and the potential of the great amount of good in human kind.

It's all around you.

Sometimes we have to choose to see it.

XOXO