Secretariat!

Okay, so me and the hubs went to watch a movie last night.  We had actually planned to see Red with Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman.  However, after going in and realizing that we would have to watch from the first row, we decided to go to something different.  The only thing left open within the next hour was Secretariat.  I was hesitant to watch because I have this incredible soft spot for animals. All movies, even Disney movies, have some tragedy involving the main animal that breaks my heart and then I cry.  After looking up on the internet and realizing that this horse lived a fantastic life, I decide that it will be an okay choice.  And boy did I cry.... tears of Joy!! This movie was by far one of the best movies I have ever seen.  It was so inspirational.  This movie shows what happens when you have passion about what you do and never give up.  Every person, and especially every child should go see this movie, it was incredible.

Going along with this theme of having passion and the attitude to succeed I want to talk about a few things that have been bothering me.  Today at church we learned about having a good attitude about life and being passionate about Christ and being a Christian.  This attitude will help you to see each day with wonder and excitement.  Also, when you have an attitude like this you begin to rub off on others, affecting everyone around.  You inspire them to be better and more positive. If everyone in the world were to change their attitude, even minutely, something amazing would begin to occur.  I can see this point so easily reflected in our lives.  This morning, the news reported on a story about referees in a pop warner league in Washington.  These referees were using pink whistles in support of breast cancer awareness.  This was a huge problem for the league and owners because they were not allowed to.  Okay, they were tiny whistles.  Who in this league is so miserable with their own life that they cannot just let it go and see this as great that our whole nation has come together to support this effort. This could have been an incredibly positive thing.  Instead it has turned into a problem and made a lot of people mad, some may even lose their jobs, and now this will then affect their attitude. 

The next story bothers me even further.  A women in Michigan, who belonged to a church, posted, on the church's bulletin board an ad for a roommate.  On the ad she wrote that she wanted a Christian roommate. Well this also did not go over well.  It is against the fair housing...blah blah blah ...act. The woman had to remove the ad, and is now being fined, and ordered to go to classes on this particular act. What person, within her church, was so badly offended by this woman asking for christian roommate that they made this such a problem. Okay, I'll tell you, no one was offended.  This person has such a bad attitude toward life and their own problems that they want to bring down everyone in their path.  Don't be that person.  Look at the good. Let the small things go.  If it doesn't affect you, don't make it.  Be inspiring!