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I used to have a copy of the Desiderata hanging in the upper left corner of my bathroom mirror. I was sure to see it there at least twice a day. One of the more impressive lines in it encourages us to avoid comparing ourselves with others, “for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.” I’ve always felt that these are words of wisdom.

I’ve faced a lot of difficulties during my life so far but for some reason, I’ve never wallowed in it. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve felt a lot of anger and, at times, it hasn’t been easy to deal with but I eventually came to the realization that I needed to let it go. Or, in other words, to forgive.

When you grow up with difficulties you tend to think of those difficulties, and of your life, as normal…at least, until you find out that there’s something different.

If you’re a person who harbors a lot of anger toward your parents because you feel that they did you wrong when you were a child, or if you feel that your childhood was damaging and you can’t seem to get past it, watch the movie, Slumdog Millionaire. It’ll help put things in perspective.

Keeping a copy of the Desiderata somewhere where you will see it at least once each day is really helpful too. It’s full of good, common-sense wisdom.

I just saw the movie 100 Feet. It opens mysteriously, but very quickly we realize that Marnie Watson, the protagonist, is an abused wife who has murdered her abusive policeman husband. She’s been convicted of the crime and is being transferred from jail to her home where she’ll serve the remainder of her sentence under house arrest. An ankle bracelet is affixed and she cannot move more than 100 feet from the main signal receiver for more than three minutes or the police will be notified.

Plot spoiler

Don’t read on if you intend to see the movie–I am about to reveal the rest of the plot.

Ghost story or statement about abuse?

What I thought might be a look into the lives of the abused turned out to be a ghost story…but wait…it did turn out to be a poignant look into the lives of the abused, just not in a blatantly obvious way. Marnie is confined to Continue Reading »