I woke up this morning extremely burdened. I have lost another friend in this last week. I first met Joshua Hurlburt in Kona Hawaii. We went to film school together. We ended up working together at the security checkpoint of our university campus. I don't think I have ever laughed so much. This guy was so full of life, and he was such a good storyteller. Last week Josh lost his battle Chronic Granulomatous Disease. This was hard news to hear. If you knew Josh, you knew a huge light just went out. This guy was incredible and had so much potential. Josh was only 27.

A few months back, I also lost another friend. Leah Dettling. I learned so much about leadership from Leah. Leah was a friend and a co-worker. I had the honor working next to Leah for almost 6 years. She had a huge vision of the future. She was not just a teacher, but she was a role model. She exemplified everything she taught about leadership. She had a goal and she was headed towards that goal. She had a huge vision to work with Youth in India and awaken their creative passions through a cafe' she was starting. Unfortunately, cancer took over her lungs before that vision could be realized. She dead a few months ago. Leah was only 28.

Dealing with Leahs death earlier in this year, I found myself asking the question "Why"? It was a process asking God why did this happen. Soon after I discovered an audio recording from Leah where she Talked about learning about trust the hard way. Even though we don't understand, we must still trust that God is good. Hearing this message straight from leah's mouth was powerful. Even thought he message was recording almost a year prior, her voice was helping cope with this question "why?"

This past week, I heard about Josh's death. I was no longer asking the question "Why?", but I was just asking God to hold me a little bit tighter this time. Over the past couple of days, I went through a natural process of mourning. But something felt different this time. I didn't feel terribly sad, I didn't feel anger towards God. I felt something else. I felt an unsatisfaction. I couldn't understand it until this morning. I look at these two people who are no longer here on this earth. Both of them were completel inspirations. Both were fighting for causes or bringing awareness. Both had lives that touched everyone that came into contact with them. Their very presence brought strength and encouragement to those surrounding them. So what was this unsatisfaction about?

My unsatisfaction was grounded in the place of complacency. There is an entire world of people that are not called to action about anything. My unsatisfaction quickly faded into inspiration. Once I unlocked the reason why I was unsatisfied, the negative feeling of unsatisfaction gave way to the urging call to action. These people lives scream of action. I feel urged to do more. I hope that both of these stories urge everyone to do more with their lives. In a sense to pick up where Josh and Leah left off. Where they could not continue, I will pick up and aspire to visions that are far beyond myself. I found myself wanting to share this revelation, in hopes that others would be inspired to bigger visions that are beyond themselves. Even if you did not know these two, I hope you are as inspired by there stories as I am. I pray that it nudges you out of complacency as it has for me. I don't want to sound judgemental, but I do think that complacency is a disease that riddles most of us. Some choose to give into it, and some choose to fight and conquer it. Even though different sickness killed my two friends, the disease of complacency did not. So don't just reach for the ordinary. Whatever you do, do it with extraordinary ferver. Don't just wait for your opportunity to do good. Do good with everything you do. Be inspired by those around you, don't wait for tragedy to appreciate people. Love one another. Inspire one another. Catch a larger vision than yourslef and chase after it.

Thank you Josh and Leah for teaching me this. I hope that it teaches you too.
 For more about Joshua Hurlburt, check out http://www.joshuasride.com
For a bit about leah, check out her memorial video http://bdyoutube.com/video/SkeLHaTb7jY/leah-a-tribute.html