Sunday Movie Sunday

After housework, it seemed natural to just veg out on the carpet and cushions in the living room and watch a couple of DVDs. I've been revisiting my bookshelf a lot lately and I thought I'd give the books a rest for the afternoon. Came up with a couple of options after rummaging through my supplies: Pirates of the Caribbean 3 and Atonement.
I love the third installment of the Pirates movie. That was the first movie I watched after I graduated from my NLP training. I finally overcame my nervousness of watching a movie thats not Chicken Run. What an experience it was, watching the movie in the the theater - the effects on the big screen - awesome.

Watching it on DVD gave me a chance to relive the script and catch the more subtle messages conveyed by the actors. An eye movement here, a quick glance there. What struck me most was what Captain Teague (Keith Richards' character) said to Jack Sparrow (his son) after they voted for the King of the Brethren Court. I think it went something like this:

Jack (to his father): you've seen it all, done it - you've survived..
Teague: It's not about living forever, Jackie. The trick is, to live with yourself forever.

Stayed with me, that remark.

Many things I have done and some of them I am not proud of. Some actions were misinterpreted. Out of these, there were one or two instances where I stepped up and sought clarification and set the records straight. There were 2 instances where I chose to keep quiet and let sleeping dogs lie. I decided that it was not worth my time and effort. Both of those instances proved to be miracles to me. They became my natural filter of the people I keep around me. They showed me people who cared would want to hear my version of things, to provide a more complete picture. Those instances differentiated between the people who care and those who don't. Those who don't care already decided on which reality they want to believe in. That's all right with me. We all have different channels through which data comes through and become messages that our mind accepts.

Basically, we're all entitled to our own opinions, and I don't grudge anyone theirs.

Now - as for Atonement, that's another story for another time...a story that explores the idea of an act of kindness - could it be cowardice and evasion, viewed from another person's eyes?