"Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be barren is in her sixth month. For nothing is impossible with God." "I am the Lord's servant," Mary answered. "May it be to me as you have said." Then the angel left her. - Luke 1:36-38
Dear Taylor,
Some are going to consider me crazy for
starting a blog of this nature, but I am okay with that because in many ways I may
be the most unique individual you ever meet (or at least one of the most
unique). If you cannot courageously risk possible embarrassment for a dream in
life, then how do you know if that dream will ever occur?
Approximately two years ago, I graduated
from Auburn University with a Masters degree in Communication which served me
well in understanding the different styles of gender communication betweenmales and females. There were two guys who I went to church with who made it
their new year’s resolution to get a hug from you that consisted with a series
of challenges you personally gave them through YouTube/Vimeo online videos. I
do not downplay their accomplishment – they pursued their vision diligently
until it was achieved with your surprise appearance at Auburn University. They
believed. So here I am making a choice to believe in another perhaps crazy
idea. I told a friend’s wife that I wanted to go on a date with you – she bashed
the idea asking why I would choose you of all public figures. My captivation
for you is not obsessive by any means. It lies in the observation that you come
across as human, genuine and sincere to your fans and even others’ dreams. My
friend’s wife may not be a dreamer after all, perhaps stuck in the survival of
boring. Whether I succeed or not in this venture is irrelevant to me; perhaps
what is more important to me is that I believed in trying.
This attempt to get your attention for an
average James stands in the center of my own beliefs: I know that I worship a
God who can bless what many see as impossible. If God destines for me to have dinner
with you, then there is not much that stands in the way of such an idea. If God
prefers that I not, then I am okay with that verdict as well.
I think in life many relationships and families
break apart in divorce because so many settle for less than what God will have
for them. They think just because “I love” someone that provides merit enough
to marry. Nothing could be further from the truth. A relationship must be
centered on service before it launches to become something beautifully more,
hence the center of a relationship with Christ.
While The Hugging Taylor Swift campaign may have started as some New Year’s joke, it
succeeded and got your attention. God has blessed me with the ability of words,
and I am hoping those words touch you as you read my letters to you.
And so my introduction begins for a date
with Taylor Swift. Whether you believe or not matters not to me. What does matter
is that I believe in myself as I reach for the stars in the impossibility that
lies ahead.
James L. Cartee III
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