Timing is everything. It always amazes me how you can read things, listen to songs, or watch movies in one stage of life, but when you are exposed to it again years later you gain a different understanding or it affects you differently. I watched a movie for the first time since my childhood the other night.
Dead Poets Society.
Classic movie. It’s up there with Rudy and Hoosiers.
When I was a little girl the most I got out of the Dead Poets Society was a bunch of little kids living on their own and having wild adventures together all day, everyday. I remember thinking why can’t I go to a girls school that is full of sleepovers and an outrageous secret society. (Several years later I realized this was college: Laurel Apartment living and Alpha Delta Pi sorority).
Watching this movie again last night was inspiring. Cheesy. I know. But these boys were shown by their teacher that no dream is too small. Their reality doesn’t have to be their destiny. Go after what you want no matter how unrealistic it may be now.
Robyn Williams says in the movie, “There's a time for daring and there's a time for caution, and a wise man understands which is called for”.
Lately I have been struggling with the reality of adulthood. Trying to be responsible and make a life for my new grown up self is hard and quite challenging when all I want to do is throw caution to the wind and explore new places in Nashville and travel to see old friends I miss. Being practical seems like the “right” thing to do. But is it?
The practicality of life seems to hold people back from the life they want, forcing them to settle into a life that seems to make the most sense. This life shouldn’t be about what makes the most sense. It should be about finding oneself and loving the people we care about and showing others the love that Jesus has for us. Because we all know that His love makes no sense at all.
-SJP
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