Welcome to this weeks Flow Feature! We hope you’ve all had yet another wonderful week, and thank you for joining us again to read this week’s Flow Feature on Scottie M. from France!
Although Scottie only lived in France for just over three years, he always considers it his home. After his father lost his job in 2008 his family could no longer afford to live in their home. Both of his parents tried
to find work but were unsuccessful. Eventually they were asked to leave their home, but were fortunate enough to be offered a place to live by a close family friend in France. His parents jumped at the chance. Though they were usually too stubborn to accept help, it was preferable to living in the street back home, where all their friends could see how far they had fallen.
Scottie fell in love with the property from the minute he got there. His room in the new house was small, but overlooked an incredible landscape. His parents had decided to home school Scottie so help save up whatever money they earned during their stay. He spent hours every day exploring, neglecting as much of his homework as possible. The only thing that Scottie missed was his friends. He rarely saw any other teenagers his age in this town and he still hadn’t learned the language very well.
Scottie resorted to finding most of his friends on the internet through social networking sites (still neglecting his homework). He met so many amazing people online, chatting away for hours about everything from their life stories to favourite books, films and bands. He was given a long list of bands that he was told he HAD to listen to, including the strangely named ‘Florence + The Machine’. He ordered their album online and waited. He resisted looking them up on YouTube, knowing that if they were as good as he had been told, it would be worth the wait.
When it finally arrived he was almost wished he hadn’t waited. He fell in love with ‘Dog Days Are Over’ from the first line. He let the drums and Florence’s beautiful vocals sweep him off his feet, quite literally, as he spun, leapt and danced around his room letting go of all inhibitions. He had never danced like he did in that moment, and had never felt anything quite like the wave of pure emotions running through his veins. Florence + The Machine was like his drug, he could never, ever get enough of them. He spent every minute dancing in his room, through the property, or even in the middle of town when they went to get the groceries!
Florence + The Machine made him feel like there was something worthwhile inside of him. After what his parents had been through, Scottie felt like there was nothing to look forward to in life. He knew his parents might not be able to afford to send him to university and he felt he would probably end up as a ‘drop-kick’ getting favours everywhere he went. Now that he has discovered Florence + The Machine he knows that there is more, that there will always, always be more to life. The music makes him feel like there is this immense wealth of talent hidden inside him. He doesn’t know what it does yet, only that he has a deep need to express himself and let it run free. Even though they have left France and moved back to their old city, he has brought something special back from that place that he will never part with.
Thank you Scottie for sharing your beautiful story! We can’t wait to see just how you manage to put that incredible inspiration to use!
We hope you all enjoyed this weeks Flow Feature! If you can
please help us spread the word to any and all Flows who would like to share
their stories with us! Until next
week..
Inspiring Flows Xxx
Although Scottie only lived in France for just over three years, he always considers it his home. After his father lost his job in 2008 his family could no longer afford to live in their home. Both of his parents tried
to find work but were unsuccessful. Eventually they were asked to leave their home, but were fortunate enough to be offered a place to live by a close family friend in France. His parents jumped at the chance. Though they were usually too stubborn to accept help, it was preferable to living in the street back home, where all their friends could see how far they had fallen.
Scottie fell in love with the property from the minute he got there. His room in the new house was small, but overlooked an incredible landscape. His parents had decided to home school Scottie so help save up whatever money they earned during their stay. He spent hours every day exploring, neglecting as much of his homework as possible. The only thing that Scottie missed was his friends. He rarely saw any other teenagers his age in this town and he still hadn’t learned the language very well.
Scottie resorted to finding most of his friends on the internet through social networking sites (still neglecting his homework). He met so many amazing people online, chatting away for hours about everything from their life stories to favourite books, films and bands. He was given a long list of bands that he was told he HAD to listen to, including the strangely named ‘Florence + The Machine’. He ordered their album online and waited. He resisted looking them up on YouTube, knowing that if they were as good as he had been told, it would be worth the wait.
When it finally arrived he was almost wished he hadn’t waited. He fell in love with ‘Dog Days Are Over’ from the first line. He let the drums and Florence’s beautiful vocals sweep him off his feet, quite literally, as he spun, leapt and danced around his room letting go of all inhibitions. He had never danced like he did in that moment, and had never felt anything quite like the wave of pure emotions running through his veins. Florence + The Machine was like his drug, he could never, ever get enough of them. He spent every minute dancing in his room, through the property, or even in the middle of town when they went to get the groceries!
Florence + The Machine made him feel like there was something worthwhile inside of him. After what his parents had been through, Scottie felt like there was nothing to look forward to in life. He knew his parents might not be able to afford to send him to university and he felt he would probably end up as a ‘drop-kick’ getting favours everywhere he went. Now that he has discovered Florence + The Machine he knows that there is more, that there will always, always be more to life. The music makes him feel like there is this immense wealth of talent hidden inside him. He doesn’t know what it does yet, only that he has a deep need to express himself and let it run free. Even though they have left France and moved back to their old city, he has brought something special back from that place that he will never part with.
Thank you Scottie for sharing your beautiful story! We can’t wait to see just how you manage to put that incredible inspiration to use!
We hope you all enjoyed this weeks Flow Feature! If you can
please help us spread the word to any and all Flows who would like to share
their stories with us! Until next
week..
Inspiring Flows Xxx
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