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So, tonight I am going to watch Martian Child, with John Cusack, for the second time this week. I saw it first at JGroup on Wednesday. I was glad to finally be able to see it because I had wanted to see it since it came out. Maybe watching it twice in one week makes me a little strange, but it's a movie that deserves more than one viewing (at least that's my opinion). It's a movie about reaching out to someone who needs a friend. If you haven't seen it, John Cusack plays a science fiction writer who adopts a young boy who is a bit unconventional. Touching, uplifting and inspiring. And it makes you think. What more could you ask for in a movie?
Anyway, it makes me want to get out in the world and make a difference in the lives of those who feel as though they "are the oddball who never fits into the group" or the creature from the story. Yes, I am a teacher with the opportunity to impact lives everyday, but movies like this one make me want to do more. I can't really explain it, except to say that lately I have been really wondering how I can make a difference in the world -- even if it is only a small difference. One of my favorite quotes from the movie: "How do you argue with the logic of loving (a kid) who is already here?" Smiles.
Everyone needs a connection with someone else. Everyone needs to feel loved and cared for, and to feel that someone out there knows them and wants to be their friend. So many of us go through our everyday lives lonely, wondering when life will change, when someone will notice. Deep down, I think most of us feel at some time that we are the "creature", that we'll never fit in with those around us. I think that's what is so beautiful about this movie. Two people, strangers in every way. One a science fiction writer, one a boy who thinks he is from Mars. Neither knew what would happen when they met. Neither expected to become connected to the other, but both were longing for something more, for someone to share life with. All it took for both lives to change was for one person to reach out to the other. Who knows what is waiting around the corner for us, if we'll just take a step? We have no clue what God has in store for us, where His path will lead us -- we just have to be willing to step out, to reach out in faith. This is a challenge of mine -- reaching out to those around me, stepping out in faith. But if I don't, who knows what I might miss? A best friend? An adventure? A lifetime? Or maybe it'll just be a smile :) Either way, I'm anticipating the journey. All it takes is one step forward.



A favorite quote:
What saves a man is to take a step. And then another step.
Anthoine De Saint-Exupery

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