Two years ago, one of my goals was to watch all the top 100 movies as if it would secretly make me more cultured or some such. I added them all to my Netflix until I found myself with an obnoxious amount of movies to watch. It was a daunting task, one I found eventually wore me out and I stopped watching them. Some of the old old ones are just boring. Do not judge me!
So since my raise, i got my Netflix back and that entire que of things is all still there. So Ive been working through the movies. I feel like its a job almost. Like I have to watch each of these and take the culture from it because if I do not, some future generation will loose out on something.
So this morning before church I decided to watch Harvey. Yesterday I watched the Pride of the Yankees. Both movies have shifted something fundamental in me. I found that in both movies, the main character was simply joyful. Despite his struggles or his circumstances, he was happy and gracious and kind, thoughtful. I found myself wanting to be like both of them and suddenly, in the fuzzy black and white images of this man and his pretend rabbit, I saw an honest reflection of myself.
Work is hard, money is tight, too much to too, too little vacation. There were so many complaints I use to fill my time. Perhaps I had missed it all along.
The main character said something that struck me. "My mother always said you can be smart or you can be pleasant. I was smart for a long time. I much prefer pleasant." Its such a new motto for me, I am tempted to tattoo it on my forehead.
Ive found sometimes we get so full of life, so stuck in the brush strokes and where they land that we forget how lucky we are to a painter.
So since its January, might as well decide that this year is going to be about pleasant. Sure smart is good and all, but I think I prefer pleasant as well. Its freeing really, like I can fly. (get it? the stingray looks like hes flying in water?)
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