I knew that if I ever did become famous, the band's name would certainly come into question. When it came time to name my band, I named it "A Battle To Fight." I hoped that one day the band would become famous (the hope of many musicians), and that my lyrics would bring inspiration and courage to listeners everywhere, that I could connect with those people and they could find hope the same way that I find hope in music and lyrics that remind me that I am not alone in life. God has one for all of us, no doubt, but sometimes life can seem so mundane that we wonder if all the dragons have already been slain. I had decided beforehand that, in my personal experience and perception, the hardest of those three things to find in the modern world was the battle to fight, that one epic dragon to slay that would be your crowning accomplishment in life. When it came time to name my band, I thought of the book that had done so much for me personally, and I thought about those three things that all men wanted.
I tossed those three things in my head for weeks, and finally came to agree with him whole-heartedly. Eldredge had said that every man sought three things out of life: a beauty to rescue, an adventure to live, and a battle to fight. Wild At Heart was in fact such a deep experience for me, that when I found my calling in life - music - I drew from the book for the band's name. And what a tool it was! The book was so profound, it was my primary tool to change myself to become the person I wanted to be, and the person I am today (not quite who I want to be, but I'm still getting there).
The book had changed my life, and I hung on to every word, not as a Bible, but as yet another tool to add to my collection of things that could help me become a more Godly man and a better person. I read it voraciously several times, each time taking something new from it.
As a boy who'd grown up without a father, she hoped it would help to bridge the gap that my father had left in my life. Many years ago, in high school, as a birthday gift, my grandmother purchased Wild At Heart and presented it to me.
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