Last week, I had a hot date with two
beautiful women and one of them was a real babe!
Yes, my wife and I took our eleven week-old
daughter to a movie! We are fortunate enough to
have a theatre in our city that hosts "Stars &
Strollers" days, which are special weekly showings
of regular new release movies for parents with
newborn children. The film's
volume is lowered, there are diaper-changing
facilities right in the theatre and no one will give
you a dirty look if your baby cries during the
movie. It's a lifesaver for parents of newborns.
You can find out more here, Stars & Strollers or here, Famous
Babies.
The movie that was playing last week was "Last
Vacation" which is the story of a retail sales clerk
who is told that she has a terminal illness and only
three weeks left to live.
Although the movie is not intended to be Oscar
material it had some great lines of dialogue. At
one point, the character said: "You wait and you wait
for something big to happen and then you find out
you're going to die." Isn't that a great warning
to all of us?
At the beginning of the movie we find out that
she has a scrapbook called "The Book of
Possibilities", wherein she keeps clippings and
photos of all the things she'd like to do "one
day". Although she is continually on a diet,
she loves cooking and fine food, so there
are photos of wonderful, rich foods and desserts and
a photo of celebrity chef, Emril Lagasse. She also
has brochures from global destinations she'd like to
visit.
After she received the diagnosis, she sat alone
in her kitchen looking through the Book of
Possibilities with deep regret. As she flipped the
pages she said: "I should have eaten that (about a
rich chocolate cake). I wanted to meet you (about
Emeril). I never got to Prague."
But my favorite scene comes close to the end of
her three week timeline. She is looking in the
mirror and she says to her reflection:
"Next time, we're going to laugh more,
love
more, see the world.
We won't be so
afraid."
Every morning this week, I want YOU to
look closely at yourself in the mirror and tell
yourself:
"THIS TIME, I'm going to laugh more,
love
more and I won't be so afraid!"
ENJOY NOW!
