Yesterday I was out of sorts. I was feeling a little overwhelmed with my life, but still feeling I was doing my best until the critical comment here made here through me off. Then right before we left for the movie, I found out that a couple of my younger boys had stolen cigarettes and lighters from a neighbor (sorry, neighbors). I made them quickly return them and apologize. Headed to the cheap theatre with Rand, Jimmy and Dominyk. Dominyk saw Cars, as he is not yet 13 (we handle the PG-13 thing pretty strictly now -- there used to be flexibility until one of the kids started to abuse that). Jimmy, Rand and I saw “Click.” I think it was pretty much over their heads, but the movie had a pretty strong message.
Of course, there was a lot of junk in the movie that was supposed to make it funny, but it was just dumb -- the kind of stuff that made Adam Sandler fans and pre-teens/teens want to see it -- but the underlying point was awesome.
You see, I had accused the writer of taking my idea. For years I have told folks that it sure would be fun to have a remote for life -- if I didn’t like something, I could fast forward it. If I wanted to mute my kids, I could. If I wanted to relive something fun, hit rewind. Pause would be awesome, too, because I could catch up.
But the movie, which Bart (who saw it with Kyle earlier in the summer) thought was sinister, actually made me leave loving my life more. You’ll have to see it if you haven’t (even though I don’t condone much of the sexual humor, so don’t be thinking I’m not holy or nothing). But the point was that we don’t want to miss the unpleasant things in life -- that the only way to live life is to really truly live it.
So amidst my guilt for not being able to do everything perfectly all the time (a problem that the main character in the movie had) I am also feeling relief that I can live my life, imperfections and all, and now will remind myself that I really don’t want to skip any of it.
Of course, there was a lot of junk in the movie that was supposed to make it funny, but it was just dumb -- the kind of stuff that made Adam Sandler fans and pre-teens/teens want to see it -- but the underlying point was awesome.
You see, I had accused the writer of taking my idea. For years I have told folks that it sure would be fun to have a remote for life -- if I didn’t like something, I could fast forward it. If I wanted to mute my kids, I could. If I wanted to relive something fun, hit rewind. Pause would be awesome, too, because I could catch up.
But the movie, which Bart (who saw it with Kyle earlier in the summer) thought was sinister, actually made me leave loving my life more. You’ll have to see it if you haven’t (even though I don’t condone much of the sexual humor, so don’t be thinking I’m not holy or nothing). But the point was that we don’t want to miss the unpleasant things in life -- that the only way to live life is to really truly live it.
So amidst my guilt for not being able to do everything perfectly all the time (a problem that the main character in the movie had) I am also feeling relief that I can live my life, imperfections and all, and now will remind myself that I really don’t want to skip any of it.
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