My reward for surviving my Monday is to watch "Before Sunset".
Am feeling the need to watch a really really really great movie that makes me so happy and breaks my heart all at the same time.
It takes my breath away.
Reunited lovers...not just lovers, but the love of each others lives. None of this "one loving more than the other" stuff that I was subjected to by listening to 70's soft rock (but I still love 70's soft rock!) coupled with the unreality of all of those romances I've read over the years...no wonder that I have a very skewed view of love! (Whew, that was a mouthful! Run on sentence much?)
But back to the whole "love of your life" subject...I do believe in that with my whole heart..I don't necessarily believe in soul mates but I do believe that there could be someone who is the love of your life. I'm not sure what the difference really is though now that I think about it. And the funny thing is that, that is at odds with my thought/belief that there isn't only one person who is right for you and you must be with that person forever. I think people can come into your life for a certain reason and when they aren't in your life, it's not because you don't love each other, it's that you learned and experienced all you could with that person and now it's time to move on with someone else. (See what a mess I am?)
Now on to more miscellaneous notes/reflections/observations/ruminations that come to mind as I continue to watch the movie...
Just wondering if I should have started with the prequel..."Before Sunrise" ...but of course (!) the reason I want to watch this movie is to see how an unhappily married man rediscovers the love of his life and it's not the woman he's married to...and hope is given that he's finally making a choice to change his life and walk away from his current life (marriage)...
I think showing interest in someone else is really attractive.
I love that the actors wrote the screenplay w/the director and original writer.
I love that they captured the awkwardness and nervousness of their reunion...it felt real and then there is the truth and honesty that they finally expressed, to and for each other.
And of course I really love that he's gonna miss his plane.
*Sigh* if only things like this would happen in real life...
OK, enough melodrama for now. :P
Musings from a big and beautiful sometimes "drama queen" on her current state of existence
What's It All About?
"The unexamined life is not worth living." Socrates
While you’re here, in this time and in this space, you are beautiful and you are perfect.
You are right where you need to be to get to where you want to go, so start asking yourself where you want to go.
Noire
She'll be 2 years in 2 months! Time flies!
Things I'm grateful for everyday....
- My family
- My friends, old and new.
- A roof over my head.
- My computer & internet access
- Being employed (even if I don't always like things about my job)
- The public library and the joy of borrowing books with/on/for my Kindle
- That I can walk on two legs, use 2 arms/hands, have ten fingers/toes, can see and hear, etc. (uh, no offense to anyone who is physically challenged)
- Other people's creativity and efforts
- The love of a good man (he IS good)
- My friends, old and new.
- A roof over my head.
- My computer & internet access
- Being employed (even if I don't always like things about my job)
- The public library and the joy of borrowing books with/on/for my Kindle
- That I can walk on two legs, use 2 arms/hands, have ten fingers/toes, can see and hear, etc. (uh, no offense to anyone who is physically challenged)
- Other people's creativity and efforts
- The love of a good man (he IS good)
Current Favorite Quotes
“Be content with what you have, rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” - Lao Tzu
"The privilege of a lifetime is to be who you are." ~ Joseph Campbell
"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some." ~ Charles Dickens
"We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same." -Carlos Castañeda
"..there’s something lovely about knowing that when it’s right, you really know it’s right because you’ve already been through all the wrong." ~ Sade
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." ~ Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss)
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." —Mark Twain
(This bit not so much as a quote but somethings I wrote down that I want to keep and this looks like a good place to do it)
7-25-07
1. Almost everything comes from almost nothing.
2. The best way to predict your future is to create it.
3. Leap and the net will appear.
"The privilege of a lifetime is to be who you are." ~ Joseph Campbell
"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some." ~ Charles Dickens
"We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same." -Carlos Castañeda
"..there’s something lovely about knowing that when it’s right, you really know it’s right because you’ve already been through all the wrong." ~ Sade
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." ~ Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss)
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." —Mark Twain
(This bit not so much as a quote but somethings I wrote down that I want to keep and this looks like a good place to do it)
7-25-07
1. Almost everything comes from almost nothing.
2. The best way to predict your future is to create it.
3. Leap and the net will appear.
Facts of Life (per Sonya Friedman)
- 1. No one can bring your life to you
- 2. No matter what you do, someone important isn't going to like it
- 3. Though painful, rejection won't kill you - it may even lead to growth
- 4. Every choice means giving up something different
- 5. Some people aren't capable of giving you what you're trying to get from them
- 6. The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others
- 7. There are no quick fixes that can permanently change your life
- 8. Life is on a rheostat, not an on/off switch
- 9. Some problems cannot be solved - but you can make peace with them