"i is kind, i is smart, i is important"
It isn’t very often I watch a movie more than once but I watched “The Help” yesterday on DVD. It has affected me profoundly. The above quote from two year old Mae Mobley at the end of the movie has stuck with me all night. Her simple words taught to her by her loving house keeper Aibileen sum up what every child on the planet should be taught every day of their lives. Instead, many of us, me included, were taught far different and in the end did not end up as kind or thinking of ourselves as smart or important because of messages given to us by the important people in our lives. The other message of this movie is the way we treat people in our society. People are people no matter their race or creed. The 1960s should have taught us that but I’m not sure we’ve learned anything at all.
This is a new year, a time when people start New Year’s Resolutions. I haven’t been big on resolutions in the past but last year set some goals for myself and made great progress in shooting for them. I learned that if you aim at nothing, you’ll hit it every time. So this year:
· I will repeat, I is kind, I is smart, I is important, AND I am a reflection of God’s love everyday as I look in the mirror.
· I will eat vegetables three times a week or more.
· I will eat salads three times a week or more (not to be confused with the above vegetables but in addition to them).
· I will walk three times or more a week.
· I will find a full time job paying $50,000 a year.
· I will rebuild my emergency fund.
· I will finance my home in my name.
· I will look for a chance to show kindness at least once a day.
Will I achieve these goals, maybe not but I will have goals to shoot for in the coming 365 days this year. If I aim for nothing, I’ll hit it every time, If I aim high at least I’ll hit something. I think I’ll go watch “The Help” again before I send it back to Netflix. i is kind, i is smart, i is important, and i is a reflection of God’s love…
4 comments:
Welcome to blogging! I have't seen the movie you refer to yet, but will add it to the Netflix cue.
Good luck on the resolutions, I have not made any yet this year.
Keep blogging, I look forward to reading more in the future!
Paul
We JUST watched that movie last night and on top of it...we were trying to piece together that line only about an hour ago and whala...her it is!! Love this line really moving part of the movie.
What??? You don't eat veggies 3/week already??? Don't worry...I won't tell your dietitian! :)
Happy New Year!
Looks great! As Teri said, we just watched that movie last night, in fact, it was the second time I had watched it because it was SOOOO good! And don't worry, I live with Teri and I don't eat veggies 3x/week either!
3x is my goal along with the salads. On a good week I do far better then that but I want a bad week to be at least that. As for "The Help" I still haven't unpacked all that was good in that movie.
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