August 8, 2003

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  I never fail but to start out writing one blog, getting side-tracked/delayed, & something else comes up that takes my focus from what I had started. On this one, it is one I had actually bounced around in my mind some weeks ago, when I first learned that AMC was going to run a wonderful movie this past Sunday that I had watched at least 3 times already, each time ending up in tears.

  
  

   

  
  

  I meant to introduce you to the idea behind the story. Not the one you see playing out on the screen, which, as wonderfully portrayed as it is, you know deep down inside it's just made up... just Hollywood. What I'd like you to see is what the writer is hoping to promote with this movie.. The same thing that prods me every day in believing that their IS hope for humanity some day. The same thing that whatever Supreme Being you believe in wishes for each & every one of us.

  
  

   

  
  

  The world continues to become more & more corrupt, especially with faster communications & travel. The greedy eye has become even larger scaled; from the immediate community to the county to the state to the country & now the entire world. In the process, people get stepped on. This sometimes causes those stepped on to want to pass on the hurt to those having nothing to do with their pain. When it was just the community, there were usually enough citizens willing enough to stand up to the bullies to prevent being completely being run ram-shod over. It'll have to go back to that simple measure again.

  
  

   

  
  

  The movie I'm talking about is 'Pay it Forward.' I've mentioned it once before, I believe. It stars Haley Joel Osment (Treavor), Helen Hunt & Kevin Spacey. Helen's character is a drunken, single parent who left an abusive husband. Kevin Spacey is a teacher at the middle school who tasks the students, including Helen's character's son with trying to come up with a way to improve the world for extra credit in his social studies class, to run for the entire school year.

  
  

   

  
  

  Treavor (Osment) comes up with the idea of 'Pay it Forward,' meaning to find 3 people who need special help & help them. Instead of them paying you back, they find 3 other people needing help, instructing them to also find 3 others needing special help. Of course, there are always those people who are too selfish to ever repay any help given them. This is the main problem with the world even now. But if even one does& others see the REAL effects that helping another with NO STRINGS other than to help someone else when the opportunity arises, out of the goodness of their hearts, it WILL catch on! What a wonderful world it will be then!

  
  

   

  
  

  So rent the video or DVD & cry with me toward the end. Also, like me, when you find someone who needs a hand, offer it. Instead of expecting repayment, tell them to 'Pay it Forward" or "Pass it On" & smile. Blessings!

  
  

   

  
  

  Good news! I just heard an ad on the TV that it will air on TNT this coming Thursday eve at 9, EDT. I will again be watching it, Kleenex™ by my side.

  
  

   

  
  

  Calling All Angels

  
  

  Santa Maria, Santa Teresa, Santa Anna, Santa Susannah
  Santa Cecilia, Santa Copelia, Santa Dominica, Mary Angelica
  Frater Achad, Frater Pietro, Julianus, Petronella
  Santa, Santos, Miroslaw, Vladimir
  and all the rest

  
  

   

  
  

  a man is placed upon the steps, a baby cries
  and high above him you hear the church bells start to ring
  and the heaviness, the heaviness, ah, it settles in
  oh it settles in
  (somewhere you can hear a mother sing )

  
  

   

  
  

  then it's one foot then the other
  as you step out on the road, step out on the road
  how much weight? how much weight?
  then it's how long? and how far?
  and how many times, ah, before it's too late?

  
  

   

  
  

  calling all angels
  calling all angels
  walk me through this one
  don't leave me alone
  calling all angels
  calling all angels
  we're tryin'
  we're hopin'
  

  
  

  but we're not sure how

  
  

  ah, and every day you gaze upon the sunset
  with such love and intensity
  why it's...it's almost as if
  if you could only crack the code
  you'd finally understand what this all means

  
  

  ah, but if you could...do you think you would
  ah, trade it all
  all the pain and suffering?
  ah, but then you would've missed
  the beauty of the light upon this earth
  and the sweetness of the leaving

  
  

   

  
  

  calling all angels
  calling all angels
  walk me through this one
  don't leave me alone
  callin' all angels
  callin' all angels
  we're tryin'
  we're hopin'
  but we're not sure
  callin' all angels
  callin' all angels
  callin' all angels
  callin' all angels
  walk me through this one
  walk me through this one
  don't leave me alone
  callin' all angels
  callin' all angels
  we're tryin'
  we're hopin'
  we're hurtin'
  we're lovin'
  we're cryin'
  we're callin'
  'cause we're not sure how this goes
  

  
  

   

  
  

  Update:  07 August 03, 1930 HST...

  
  

  I am sitting here, watching the encore of 'Pay it Forward.' I hope that you all got the chance to see it. It is a wonderful movie that has gotten marks well below those it deserves, because it's a 'touchy-feely' kind of movie, without all the fast-paced action drama. It's a movie of the heart... of the soul... of HUMANITY.

  
  

   

  
  

  I caught the tail-end of the previous showing today, & as always, the tears flowed, preventing me from singing along with the song above. I did notice, however, that the lyrics I had copied had errors, so I played the song during commericials & made corrections, replacing the lyrics above. As some of you know, I'm a Virgo, & can't stand being wrong. If I am & don't catch it myself, be sure to let me know, so I can correct it & not perpetuate the error!

  
  

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