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12 January 8, 2016
Live the Braveheart life in 2016
by Capt. Tim Jacobs
452 AMW chaplain
If you are old enough to remember when the
movie “Braveheart” first came out, it may come as
a shock to know that it first hit the theaters more
than twenty years ago! (Feeling old yet?) But in
many ways it set the standard for what an epic film
about heroism, courage, and love (and of course
seriously brutal violence) is supposed to be.
You may not have known, however, that the
screenwriter is a guy named, not coincidentally,
Randall Wallace. In fact, he came up with the idea
for the film while in Scotland searching for his
family’s roots. That’s where he found this obscure
figure named William Wallace who gave his life
fighting for (say it loud!) FREEEDOMMM!!!
Randall Wallace has recently come out with a
book called “Living the Braveheart Life,” which is
an intensely personal and very authentic journey
about what it means to live as William Wallace did;
or, at least, the way the author imagines his ances- and have it to the full.” It is the courage to live
tor lived.
The truth is, not much is known about William
Wallace at all. In fact, even the famous line, “…
they may take our lives, but they’ll never take our
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FREEDOM!” – a quote even featured on a wall at man really lives.”
the Air Force Academy and attributed to our fear- If you are looking for something to kickstart
less hero – he actually never said! At least, William
Wallace didn’t; Randall made it up! Further, though your soul for the New Year, I’d highly recommend
the details of William’s life are mostly fictional, that this powerful and moving book. Just don’t go paint
hasn’t stopped an entire political movement in Scot- your face blue and walk around with a sword – you
land to call themselves ‘The Bravehearts.’ might freak people out.
But that’s basically his point: the essence of
what William Wallace struggled and fought for
is not merely unique to him, but a central part of
the human experience. The author talks about the
“Braveheart Life” as one where we face our deep-
est fears, learn to love boldly, and discover the
transformational power of God to help us over-
come any obstacle that we face. The book is full of
painfully honest truths about fatherhood, brother-
hood (and sisterhood), and the dynamics between
men and women, largely drawn from the author’s
own stories of triumph and failure. He attributes
much of the spirit of “Braveheart” to the life and
words of Jesus, specifically where He claims in
John 10:10, “I have come that they may have life,
that full life, regardless of setbacks and challenges,
that encompasses perhaps the best-known maxim
of our archetypal hero: “Every man dies; not every
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