This is a Life?

There is a network of Christian business men I attend on a monthly basis and I've slowly come to the realization that the guest speakers at these meetings tell very similar stories and follow predictable patterns which is why I know I'll likely never be chosen as one of their guest speakers. 

I'm being rather presumptuous to think I would be considered as such, but it is my hope that one day I will be chosen as someone's guest speaker. However, I am quite certain I won't be chosen as the afore mentioned organization's speaker.

Why? Because based on the previous speakers, I don't fit the pattern. Most of the guests speakers have had a life of alcoholism, drug abuse, wife beating, and prison who have been face down in the gutter, then found God who led them to a remarkable recovery and brilliant life.

My background contains none of those experiences and in fact, based on said criteria, I am apparently very boring. I've been a faithful husband, my marriage involves no abuse, and I've never been afflicted with alcoholism or drug addiction. I've never gambled. I've never been to prison nor have I ever been homeless. I've never driven a successful business into the ground and neither have I been "on fire" for The Lord.

My message is how normal I actually am. My story is not to impress the average guys and gals, with stories of rags to riches, other than I hope that one day, this heretofore ordinary life is one that reaches a certain level of success to which the normal person can more relate. I wish to be more inspirational to those of us lying face down in mediocrity, not the gutter.