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When films come out I wonder where they get their names from and often just like 'I am Legend 'it isn't made clear until the end, when it's spelt out for us.

The legend is the story of Will Smiths character his struggle to find the cure for the disease that has turned most of the worlds 6 billion population into zombies that only happen to come out at night, and stay in the shadows. I got to thinking about Legends, and the type of legends woven into our everyday. The legend of King Arthur, Robin Hood and others, all based in reality but films and stories have made them into fantasy.

What would my legend read, the legend of Mark Pape doesn't sound very exciting. Will Smith's character eventually sacrificed his life, a common thread and it's one that draws me back to Jesus. The sacrifice of one to save the many. He took daily risks on his life to pursue the salvation, in this case cure for all humanity.

Back to reality and I've been shocked by the recent assassination of Benazir Bhutto, she entered the country and the risk of her own life, even after continual threats and attempts to kill her she still went our on the streets because she believed passionately in democracy and freedom for Pakistan. She risked it all. Politicians in the west no nothing of risk taking. Ok sure they may get ridiculed in the press and it may be a bit uncomfortable but have any really taken risks, have they counted the cost? I think not.

So what risks am I willing to take, what will my legend read. It won't be for personal gain or fame, after all I'll be dead and it won't matter to me, but now in the reality of my situation will I step out of the fantasy of my comfortable life or live in the potential that God sees in me and believes that I can be more.

I am legend