“He looked out at the Pacific Ocean on night watch and saw that religions were too small to capture the mystery.” It’s one sentence in the account of a man’s life.
From the little I know of him, I’m pretty sure Isaiah Austin would tell you that if not for the big “why” in his life — if his was just the story of a guy persevering through trials — then it would really be a pretty sad story, and not one worth hearing about.
There are days when the act of writing — finding the right words and making them do what you want them to — can feel a lot like trying to get water from a rock.