Movies

I just watched two of my favorite movies yesterday. The first was Gladiator. I have really enjoyed this movie for a while, but haven't never realized how much. I think I realized that yesterday while watching it for the first time in a long time. In the end I was thinking that it is probably my favorite movie ever.

The other was the classic Princess Bride. Another one of my favorites. And so many quotable lines. And I forgot that Count Rugan's first name is Tyrone. He also is in 'This is Spinal Tap.' Anyway, another movie I love and I am realizing that this post has no point.

Oops, sorry.

This stinks

I am sick. I hate being sick. It stinks. And there is nothing that you can do about it. It is also a bit rougher when you live in a house with 29 teenagers. Anyway, I have slept pretty much all day and may head back to bed soon.

Do you think that being sick is a good thing? Why do we get sick? Maybe there is some hidden treasure in being sick. We get rest, we usually eat healthier and we just try to be calm. Maybe there are other reasons.

What is love?

Can any of us answer that question? Maybe some people have experienced it. Others maybe never have. We should love each other, but what does that really mean. There is romantic love, there is love of a family. There is love amongst friends.

What does it all mean? How do each of these things present themselves in daily life? What if you haven't experienced one of these things? Does that mean that you have yet to fully understand love? I don't feel like I understand love. It seems complicated and chocked with expectation and let-down.

What happens when we don't feel love? That seems like the big question and I think it causes us to act differently.

I just am not sure what all this is about. I try, but I don't necessarily understand what I am trying. Maybe one day I will. It just feels like a void now.

Man, am I glad that there is grace.

Who was that?

I think that it is amazing how things are connected in our minds. We see something or hear something and a situation or person comes to mind. More specifically for this instance is movies. Recently I watched 'Newsies' I have not seen that movie in a while and remembered that I enjoyed. Little did I know that while watching it I would be reminded of a certain person from my past. It sent me down memory lane remembering things that happened and lovely events that occurred with an old friend.

Other movies do that too. 'A Beautiful Mind', 'Braveheart', 'Tombstone' All of these were seen with people that I fondly remember. A nice bit of nostalgia on a February evening.

Yuk

Goodbyes...I hate them, but they are necessary. You need that closure with all of this stuff. Especially when you work with someone in an emotionally stress-filled state. Why do people create deeper relationships in stress-filled places. We hear stories of people that fought in wars by each other and the bond that is created. Maybe it is because we rely more on others in those hard times. I don't know.

In other news, man, I don't like the Colts. I really really don't like them. I am also totally sick of Peyton Manning. Maybe now that they won the Super Bowl, I will stop hearing about Peyton all the time and how perfect he is. It was a bad game last night and I am not sure that it was worth staying up till 4.30 am for the game. I am feeling it today.

Pain

I have been reading about pain lately. How we view it as a problem but in many ways it is a great blessing. It lets us know if our body is not okay. If our hand gets hot we pull it away from fire and don't get burned. If we cut ourselves, it hurts so we helped to heal it. Did you know why we blink? Because there are tiny pain receptacles that tell us that our eyes are dry.

Without these things, we have infections, blindness and many more problems. But yet we hate pain. I know that I don't like it, but I have to admit that I have never thought of it as a good thing.

So if physical pain is a blessing, is emotional pain good? I don't know, but it is hard. What about emotional pain could be good? Currently I can only think of one thing. Emotional pain means that I can feel. I can't imagine not being able to feel. It is feeling that is such a big part of my humanity. But are there are good things to emotional pain?