Essentially, the Forum is a blueprint for living or a world-view or some other way of looking at life. Either way, it's a very humanist perspective, and it was amazing. I have never really understood what it was to search for meaning outside of Christ and a world that is eternal. People shared so many powerful stories and awful experiences from their past so much so that I was moved to tears for their sorrow and for my fortune (having great parents and a generally cush life).
There are two powerful realizations that I came away with though:
1.) What happened is not the same as my story about what happened (just stew on that for a bit).
2.) The past is in the past and the only way to truly have the freedom to live a powerful life is to declare that, and in that moment create your possibility for the future.
In the end, I have decided that if I didn't have a more powerful alternative, a.k.a. an eternal life that's bigger than me, I would live life through the world-view the Landmark Forum builds. After all, humanists are the best at being humans, but I want to be more than human, I'm being revolutionary for Christ, living forward now... through eternity! Amen.
Peace, NcB.
