World on a String

I love movies.  No, I mean I really, really love movies.  I haven't been "out" to one in a while but my On Demand bill is larger than I would like.  On occasion especially when I am working with kids, I often reference movies they like.....yeah I even watched that Twilight stuff.  I wasn't real impressed, but the kids thought it was cool that I could talk with them about it.  My tastes have always leaned toward science fiction so I really prefer X-Files type movies.  I guess I really do believe that the truth is out there.  That is what I an choosing to believe. 

You know there are times when you can feel like you are an actor in a grand play.  Funny thing is you don't know your lines you're are just ad libbing--reacting to things around you.  Waiting for the director to yell, "Cut".  And, at time, we want to have the opportunity to replay a scene-to add more emotion to change the outcome.  Unfortunately we don't have that chance.  We only get one take in our play.  Each scene must be played to out best ability.  It matters what we say, how we make people feel.  We get one shot at life here on earth.  So we need to make our performance matter.  We need to make people feel like they matter. Words are powerful.....bit not just the words but how we say them.  Too often we forget that.  Words are said in haste, in anger....we can no more take them back than if we were to go to the top of a tall building and rip open a feather pillow, then try to find all the feathers.  I would love to take credit for that analogy but I heard it years go.  So, we need to make sure that we make the best of each day.  We can never tell our loved ones how much they mean to us.  I am blessed to have not just my family,  My husband, my best friend, has his own journey.  We have no guarantees about any treatment.  Heck we don't even know what they are going to do.  We are just waiting for the director to say, Action."  I am immensely proud of my children.  My daughter is the kind of person you can't help but fall in love with-she's my Julia Roberts or Anne Hathaway..  She is witty, smart and bubbly.  I personally think she is beautiful..but I am her mom so what do I know.  I see her as a fairy princess.  My son, my James Dean, I see as the rebel without a cause.  Then other times he is Harrison Ford, adventurous and always fighting for the underdog.  And our newest member, my beautiful daughter-in-law. She is my Audry Hepburn classic beauty and able to tame James Dean.  As a family we must now give an Oscar winning performance.  In addition there is a whole cast of characters who are helping us threw each scene.  Our friends are amazing.  Prayers and kind words lift us up more than you know.  It makes you see how we are really all connected.  We are all in this Grand Play together.  Whether you are a comedian or one who holds our hands as we take some unknown steps.  You are all part of it and never forget you are appreciated. 

One of my favorite movie scenes is at the end of Men in Black.  The locker opens up and the ball that was around the cat's neck shows the universe.  Then the camera pans out and shows that the universe is really part of another universe and so on.  I guess the point of tonight's blog is that we sometimes see ourselves as our own world on a string.  But we are not our world is attached to another which is attached to another..  And in times when we need others isn't that a wonderful thought.