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For those of you who know me well, you knew this was coming. You knew at some point the name Tim Tebow would be brought up. It was bound to happen. How could I be so open and transparent about my life and my mind and not talk about my favorite quarterback.

For those of you who live in a bubble and do not know who Mr. Tim Tebow is, then let me introduce you. He was up until last year the quarterback of the best college football team ever--Florida Gators! He is the one and only person ever to win the Heisman trophy as a sophomore. He was also nominated his junior and senior years as well. He's won a National Championship. He is an incredible athlete and has a wonderful resume, but more importantly he's a man of strong character. Once he was asked about what made him such a good athlete and his response was in regards to his priorities. He said he puts his relationship with Christ first and foremost, his family, his school work, then football. And because he does that, he believes God has blessed him in each of those areas.

He has faced much opposition. I don't understand why they give him such a hard time, but they do. Someone is always giving him a hard time for something. ESPN did a documentary on him the other night. I was on my way home from the bus station and missed it. Talk about a sad night ha. I was able to see the trailer though and his most recent commercial. In this commercial he addresses all the things people said he could not do. They said he wasn't going to make it in the NFL and he for sure wasn't going to be an early round draft pick. However, first round Denver Broncos drafted him.

He's an inspiration to many and I'm just glad that there is a decent role model out there for this generation to look up to. I could spend all day telling you about how awesome this guy is, but I won't. I just wanted to share this. In the trailer for the documentary, he made a quote. He said:

"When you die, there's going to be a tombstone. It's gonna have your name, the year you were born, and the day you die. In between there's going to be a dash, and that dash is going to represent everything you did in your life, good or bad. That's how you're remembered. What do you want your dash to represent?"

Let's face it, I'll never have a Heisman or win a National Championship. I'll never experience or do the things that Tebow has done but that doesn't make my life any less. I'll still have a dash on my tombstone, and I want it to represent something great. I want that dash to represent a life spent bringing God glory.

I was talking to some guys today for a class project. I had to ask them some philosophical questions concerning their world view. I'm not a philosophical girl, so it was a little difficult. It was so sad to me to hear their answers. They had no purpose, no aim in life. Their only purpose was to get through the dash--to be born then die. There is so much more to life than that. God has designed us for so much more. So what's your purpose? What will your dash represent?