Thursday, September 07, 2006
Crocodile Man!
I'm sure many of you have heard the news throughout the media reports about the man whom we have come to know as "The Crocodile hunter", Steve Irwin. He passed away this week much to the amazement of many. Irwin had always lived what i would like to call an adventerous life. His job was what i would call high risk work and i remember shaking my head while watching his show looking at some of the things he was doing, with dangerous animals and in dangerous lands/waters. His life was definately fast paced and lived looking risk in the face and laughing at it. The cause of his death was that he got stung by a sting ray, which makes him the the third person to ever die this way in history. I heard on the radio that the odds of being stung by a sting ray are compared to: Walking out your front door and getting struck by lightning in broad daylight! I'd say those odds aren't very good and am very suprised how he got through so many other big risks and this little risk was the one that cost the most.
Anyways, after thinking about and hearing about his death this past week, i was struck with the thought that this man did "His Thing", so to say. He knew what he was passionate about and what he enjoyed, what drove his life and he lived in and out of that place day in, day out, defying the risks that come with it... People often laughed, criticized, mocked, ridiculed, and passed judgment on his lifestyle, but in the face of all this, his passion and what he cared about outweighed any of this and he lived for what he chose was most important to him... I think there is a big lesson in there for me... Does my passion and purpose outweight the crticisms, mocking and judgment of this world??? Is living fully for Christ really worth it to us??? And will we follow no matter what others say, or what risks lie ahead??? ...
One thing i know is Steve Irwin chose the way of his heart and lived it out fully and for that he lived for what he cared for... It'd be cool to look back on my life and have others look at my life and hopefully see that i lived passionately and without wavering for what was important to me... There are lots of cool things in life like entertainment (see above NFL Post), work etc... but what is it that is going to drive me or us above all? And are we making the effort to be there... Mr.Irwin you have been an unexpected inspiration...
// posted by Jordan Mc @ 4:29 PM 
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I was really sad to hear that he had passed away. Especially because he had a little girl. At least he died doing what he enjoyed.
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