I am housesitting this weekend at a place that makes me never want to move back home. Last night, I had the chance to hang with friends and attempt a three course meal (what do you mean a steak doesn't count as a whole meal?). We watched "Shawshank Redemption", which has got to be one of my top five movies. What an incredible story of hope! The two best scenes to me are first when Red confesses to Andy in the prison yard what so many people today silently feel; "Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane". And the second: when Red is narrating in the closing scene as he approaches Andy on the shore; "I find I'm so excited I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I imagine it's the excitement only a free man can feel. A free man at the start of a long journey, whose conclusion is uncertain. I hope I can make it across the border... I hope to see my friend and shake his hand... I hope the pacific is a blue as it has been in my dreams... I hope...". I would love to hear your thoughts on this powerful film.
Like most Saturdays, this one is getting frittered away because I have so many little things to accomplish. Besides wanting to get this blog up and running, I have 3 different messages to prepare for. Our family trip to Cali is coming up soon, and it is my thinking that I can get some stuff done in the car, but you all know how that typically goes. So I must bid "adu" and run back to all my awaiting duties and responsibilities.
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