That’s What I’m Here For

What do I feed my mind/soul?

What do I feed my physical body?

Am I spending time in the Word?

Am I spending time with God?

Do I “model” the light that lives within?

Upon watching this movie, it had a profound humbling affect on me. I sat at a restaurant with my darling husband after the movie and we both discussed it for some time. The movie made me think of all the day to day complaints my mouth makes.

“I wish that person would go a little faster.” “I can’t believe that lady just cut me off.” “I hate waiting here to get my oil changed.” “Why is the grocery store always so busy?” “Where is the remote control?”This is merely a tiny glimpse into what probably most of us say day in and out about the daily grind of life. In Pursuit of Happyness, Will Smith portrays a man who is running into hard times and soon becomes homeless with his son by his side. He never gives up. NEVER…! He presses on through so many of life’s setbacks for a better life for him and his son. Some of the setbacks he presses through many of us will never feel or see in our lifetimes. I recall thinking while sitting on the edge of the theater seat, with my arms folded on the seat in front of me as tears fell down my cheeks; I hope this movie’s message changes me. The sad part is it will probably wear off in a matter of time. But for one split moment, I wanted to be better than what I was at that very moment. I wanted to have the same courage and character as the person that Will Smith was portraying. I wanted to be better…and with a grateful heart…not a complaining one.

I wanted to recognize that my blessings of merely going into my car garage and walking into my warm home was a massively rich blessing in comparison to hundreds of thousands of homeless men, women and sadly children. Yet, don’t we as Americans even complain about the daily upkeep of a home and the responsibility of owning a home…yet a homeless person would love to have those blessings in their lives instead of fighting in a line for a small cot in a shelter. It puts such a perspective into what probably most of us have and that is blessings.

God provided me with so many, I can not count them. I can not list them all. I pray that I can at least not grumble about them.