Posts Tagged ‘Be Yourself’
I’m so excited about this movie!!! I can’t WAIT! I have a very distant memory (but its never too late) of hearing about the book the inspired the movie (YEAH – it’s WRITTEN and DIRECTED by Nora Ephron!!!! – *Happy* DAYS!), but I just saw the trailer, and am SUPER excited now to read the book AND see the movie.
I have always loved biographies…learning about how people follow their dreams, how they drive through their fears, and this movie has lots on both.
The woman who wrote the book that inspired this gem is Julie Powell. She writes on her blog… From dead-end secretarial job to a 110-pound dog and a job writing in my pajamas… this is the story of Julie.
Here’s the movie trailer – see for yourself! Oh, and here’s a link to Julie’s book, too. Yeah for you Julie! And, for me, next stop – your book!
From an Amazon Review…
Julie & Julia is the story of Julie Powell’s attempt to revitalize her marriage, restore her ambition, and save her soul by cooking all 524 recipes in Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume I, in a period of 365 days. The result is a masterful medley of Bridget Jones’ Diary meets Like Water for Chocolate, mixed with a healthy dose of original wit, warmth, and inspiration that sets this memoir apart from most tales of personal redemption.
When we first meet Julie, she’s a frustrated temp-to-perm secretary who slaves away at a thankless job, only to return to an equally demoralizing apartment in the outer boroughs of Manhattan each evening. At the urging of Eric, her devoted and slightly geeky husband, she decides to start a blog that will chronicle what she dubs the "Julie/Julia Project." What follows is a year of butter-drenched meals that will both necessitate the wearing of an unbearably uncomfortable girdle on the hottest night of the year, as well as the realization that life is what you make of it and joy is not as impossible a quest as it may seem, even when it’s -10 degrees out and your pipes are frozen.
A year or so ago, I felt led to take an Artist’s Way class. In that class was a delightful woman who is maybe 65 or so… maybe more, maybe less. She would chuckle and laugh and say funny things in a very Sassy Southern belle fashion such as… “I’m just trying to figure out what I want to do when I grow up!” or… “I’m just waiting to see who I’m going to be when I grow up.”
Her energy reminded me of Paula Dean…funny, light-hearted, spirited. I loved her energy.
So this morning I wondered about this thing people do… what am I going to do? When am I going to be? And, of course, I’ve done it too!
As I’ve observed my own journey over the years and I have watched clients ‘figure it out’…one thing is for sure. The answers come when you go and trust what comes from where you are led.
There’s a Zen idea of “Leap and the Net Will Appear”… and here’s one of the most beautiful songs I know about ‘going’ (that has a funny story about this Zen saying). Christine Kane’s music is soulful, playful, and so, so inspiring!
When you go…you will grow…then you will know… 
Soon, it’s much easy to see what you want to be!
Yesterday, I called a friend who was feeling down. I shared from my own experience how the soul beckons us back to who we are – pure love, pure joy. I told her my story of learning how to love myself. I never thought of this story as funny, but she was laughing so hard that something in it must have been funny. Trust me, at the time, it was ANYTHING other than funny!
She said… “I have tears coming out of my eyes and they feel like not happy tears, but I’m laughing at the same time.”
That’s kind of what it feels like when you begin to return to the true you. It feels really sad at first. Like, HOW could I not care for myself anymore than this? HOW could I possibly have THOUGHT I loved myself when OBVIOUSLY I’ve been deluding myself! And your ego will really grieve how you didn’t see it all along. You might even sprinkle in some course critical comments about how “stupid” you’ve been. But, slowly, you begin again.
And the fog clears.
Then YOU get to come back and make some clear choices, and see that you really are amazing and brilliant. And wonder how ANYONE wouldn’t be able to see that – including you!
The rose is a symbol of completion…wholeness. I’ve seen this symbol so often over the years in readings – rosebuds for people who were just about to open, roses that were opening and closing for people who were saying – I want to, I don’t want to, I want to, I don’t want to, white roses, red roses, roses covered in snow, roses floating in the ocean, but mostly, I see roses and I experience the loving beauty as God wants to say… I see you!