We watched the Pixar movie SOUL last night. Felt like perfect timing. Trying not to give the movie away but it makes you think about life and what it means to you. Its really good, funny in places and sad in others. At times I found it uncomfortable as it was a little to close to home for me.
I came away from the 100 minutes thinking
Life is maybe not about the things I thought it was about (confirmed what I’ve been thinking for a while now)
Actually what are the things in life that make me spark and feel alive
Just how time is wasted
Fears of looking back at life and regretting lost opportunities
I can still grasp those opportunities…..
A few hours later and I’m still reflecting on SOUL. Life and the pandemic have kind of hemmed me in (hemmed many of us in). We have been in our own lockdown for almost a year now. Likely to be in lockdown for much of 2021. Time is to precious to just be content with performing endless holding patterns until life changes again. Have to find ways to live TODAY…
I’m intrigued! I saw that movie was out and had hoped to watch it at some point. Hopefully, I will get to it soon – sounds good!
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I guess it depends, Gary, on how you define life. For me, as long as you are learning something, you are not wasting your life. If, perhaps, you are learning to become a better person, then you are improving your life. If you are improving your life, you are improving all life. But that still does not define life.
JIIJIMO, life is the ability to move and change. Humanness is the ability to change willfully. Too many people these days do not want to change. They have life, but are they truly alive?
It is not necessary to go outside to learn how to be a better person. Learning starts inside you. Change starts inside you.
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I saw it yesterday and it is good!
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The movie sounds intriguing. i think the best most of us can do right now is focus on taking things one day at a time. I hope your situation improves.
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It’s worth a watch.
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I watched that a few days ago. Great movie, really makes you think 🙂
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It’s not like a normal Pixar movie is it. x
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No, but I like how they’re getting an important message out in a form that even little kids can understand 🙂
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It was. x
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A film to dominate your current thoughts has to be good
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It’s a very clever cartoon movie
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I thought the film was lovely. I need to watch it again.
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It so good.
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I can’t watch anything sad, at least not right now. I keep putting bits and pieces of “stuff” aside with the idea that I will make something out of all the waste our society creates. The pile is getting bigger and I have moments of inspiration but then something distracts me. I know people in Africa or India would make wonderful, useful things out of all we waste. I once saw a Flit sprayer made from a Steak and kidney pie can!
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It’s sad in places but really gets you thinking.
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You made a really good point here, Gary. These times are teaching us to find new ways of living or of making life meaningful.
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Thank you x
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You are welcome, Gary!
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🙏
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I tried watching it, didn’t get far. Ot was not what I expected in cartoon form.
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It’s different
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you will find ways. YOU are actually…despite everything…to inventive not to.
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I so hope so x
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it’s just hard to see it right now. But even the wee things you sometimes talk about doing, the pizza for xmas kind of things, shows you do have flair, it’s just a bit covered at the mo
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Ooh, I have wanted to see that one! It looks like it’s right up my alley. I admit I struggle often with my life and pondering if I am doing enough or doing the right things with it. I know it is the gift of God and I don’t want to waste it. Yet, so often, I do feel hemmed in-as much from my disabilities as from any pandemic-so it’s hard sometimes to know just what He has for me. I see others with far grander purposes while I feel literally stuck by painful joints, painful emotions, and plain just being needed on the home front. Yet, like my beloved George Bailey, I know while dreams are being spun, real living is happening behind the scenes and that we will rarely recognize our own impact.
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You will so enjoy it. Stick with it as it’s very different to a normal Pixar movie. The pay off comes later in the movie.
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You ARE living, and you ARE having a positive impact on the world Gary Kermit Superdad!!
Every. Single. Day. You keep moving forward. You share your laughter and tears with all if us, helping those who may have thought they were alone in their feelings.
Keep dancing, keep living, keep moving forward. We can never see the big picture until its completed. It’s way too soon for *that*.
HUGS!!💌💌💌
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We can do this xxxx
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Loved that movie!! Relatable to everyone 🙂
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It really is
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Yes, we have to start living again. I want to see that movie even more now. Glad you got something out of it! 💕
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We so have to. We are not sure just how long this will go on for. ❤️
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I so wish I could see that movie. With what we pay to receive tv stations and Netflix, signing up for yet more monthly expenses (Disney plus) is just too much. Maybe when its safe to go to movie theaters again companies will bring some movies back for another go round.
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It’s worth the wait. It’s not as funny as normal Pixar movies but definitely gets you thinking.
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I watched it a couple weeks ago.
Now I’m back to The Blacklist and Life Below Zero
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New to me those.
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I watched it, but it settled wrong with me. I guess right now was the wrong time to watch it. It was cute though the animation .
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I can understand that.
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I knew you would❤️
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❤️
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