Born to Run
"I fought my whole life . . . because I wanted to hear and know the whole story, my story, our story, and understand as much of it as I could. This, I presented as my long and noisy prayer, my magic trick. Hoping it would rock your very soul and then pass on, to be read, heard, sung and altered by you and your blood, that it might strengthen and help make sense of your story. Go tell it." These are the concluding sentences of Bruce Springsteen's Born To Run , his new, unapologetic and beautifully written memoir. After reading the last few words, I am inspired to write, so here I am. Whenever I hear a great new album or read an inspiring book, I always feel like I need to share the good news; there is hope out there ! People are still writing and creating good stuff! I realize most folks couldn't care less, but that's okay. I am who I am. I was given Born to Run as a Christmas gift and I was anxious to read it, not because I am a big Springsteen fan, bec