So I've recently decided to start this blog, due to how stress relieving and therapeutic it can be! Many of my friends have started blogs, and I used to have one. It was so nice to have a place to vent or just jot down my latest philosophical epiphanies. So here I am yet again! Starting all over again. Anyone who reads this is welcome to comment, especially on my philosophical essays!
The real question you all are wondering is why "They Call me Spartacus" Well, this shall be the perfect topic for my first philosophical blog. It all starts with watching a movie, like many of us do, and then something just clicked; something connected with my soul. The movie was "That Thing You Do" The quote comes from the drummer, Guy Patterson, as he talks to his girlfriend promising her that he has the power to become and fulfill all of her dreams. "I am Spartacus!" is how he reasons where this power comes from. I heard this, and immediately I incorporated it into my own identity for two reasons: 1) I am a drummer boy too! and 2) This is the kind of person that I want to be! The one that can be the noble dream fulfiller for everyone, (no not in the romantic sense, that would be for my future spouse) nor to "show-off" but to know that I can be of service to all and help them realize their dreams. That is my dream.
I know you hear the explanation but are still wondering why we chose Spartacus to be the man to represent that dream. Let me explain. Have you seen the movie Spartacus? In short it is about a Roman prisoner who goes from fighting in the Colosseum to becoming a powerful, loved, and influential leader of a group of rebels against the Roman Empire. The men he led saw in him all of their dreams unfolding. Yes he is a hero, but also a good man. In one of the last scenes the rebel group is captured, and the Roman Legion call for Spartacus to identify himself, but before he can his men start to offer themselves in his place as they one by one claim "I am Spartacus" "No I, I am Spartacus" Is this not the kind of man I want to be? One in whom all can trust to help them unfold and accomplish their dreams?
Okay, so Guy Patterson probably didn't have aspirations that high, and was probably trying to say it in some romantic way to swoon his girl... but then again, maybe not. At the end of the movie, after his girl dumps him, he records a piano/drum duet with one of his heros and entitles it "I am Spartacus." Perhaps he still had that dream in his head, but whatever his reasons may have been, I still have my dream. That is why I've chosen to go into Family Therapy. That is why I'm doing all that I can to prepare to be the best husband and father that I can. To be the best friend. I want to be one who ultimately can lead others to Christ through my example. Christ is the ultimate example! He is the granter and fulfiller of dreams. He is who I really want to be like. But I am human. I can't even come close to dreaming that I'll be like him someday, so until I get there, I will take someone a little more close to me in imperfection. I will claim that "I am Spartacus!"
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