I believe that we were each created to live an adventure, to live beyond those things that are merely handed to us on a day-to-day basis. That the most crucial work of art that any man can undertake is his own life. With that in mind, a little while ago, I closed up my law practice and returned to my love of acting and writing. And this adventure story has been filled with all the ups and downs, all the joys and triumphs and risks and fears and uncertainties that any adventure story will contain -- at least any adventure story that's worth telling. A man much wiser than me once said, "Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point." If my life is to be a work of art, and if yours is too, we can't allow ourselves to remain untested. We can't stay in a place that requires no risk, no danger, no passion, no faith, no vision. To do so would be to live something less than the life that God gave us.
So, with that, I turn to face the day, summon up my courage -- the music swells slightly -- and I step out into the adventurous life.
