Enjoy!

 

Give me a minute…….I would like to tell you why “I” believe we need to be thankful!  We live in a society that is focused on everything bad, evil and corrupt about this country.  I will give you that there is plenty of that in the world we live in, but that is not the whole story.  Sometimes the best way to see our country is let someone, not from here, give us a report card!

 

This summer millions of people from all over the world have visited our shores for the World Cup Soccer.  There evaluations of our country sounds nothing like what you would think if you watched just the major media of the U.S. or the world for that matter!  Most were warned that they would find American and Americans. dangerous, unfriendly and hostile to them….  the very opposite has been the ringing endorsement of us!  They rave about the people, the police, the stadiums, the spirit of Americans!  They can’t believe our highway system, our economy!  They openly claim that they have never seen anything like Costco, Walmart and Buc-ee’s in the countries!   

 

We’ve welcomed them, cheered for them and made friends of many people that were frankly concerned about coming here in the first place.  While some Americans don’t love this country, don’t like our flag, or have no tolerance for celebrating our 250th birthday, I often wonder why they stay here, anyone has the right and ability to leave this place if it’s so bad for them!  You can think anything you want about America, but I’m proud and happy to be here, I love my country and I’m thankful too!

 

Blessings,

 

the pilgrim

 

 

Have a great weekend!!!!!!!

 

The Pilgrim

 

 

You fly into New Orleans,  pick up your rental car and drive to the hotel down near Bourbon Street, check in and crash from a long travel day!  Then before your head hits the pillow you call and leave a wake up call!  Wait……. that’s not the kind of wake-up call I was talking about!

 

My four favorite movies are;

The 1951 Version of a Christmas Carol.

Ground Hog Day.

Disney’s The Kid with Bruce Willis

& the entire 9 Seasons of the TV Series Suits

What do all four of these movies have in common?  They are all about a man whose life was changed and turned around after they got a wake-up call!

 

Alastair Simm as Ebinezer Scrooge, the crusty old mizer addicted to the accumulation of money and caring about little else, Bill Murray as Phil Conner the Pittsburg Weather man who is a self centered jerk who doesn’t care about his affect on his co-workers, Bruce Willis as Russ Durretts in The Kid, is re-introduced to his 8 year old self to discover how his life went wrong and made him a miserable man and finally Harvey Specter, ( Gabriel Macht), a high power New York Attorney who prides himself on not caring about anyone, learns that may be all that matters!  

 

All these characters found redemption and their journey is highly entertaining and wonderfully satisfying!  All these films are about how wrong things can go for our lives if we loose sight of the one thing Christ asks of us, “Love your neighbor as yourself!”  When it seems life is not what you would like it to be, try bringing joy and love into the lives of those around you,  you may be surprised how much better things get!  Here is an idea, make time when you can to re-watch these great films!

 

Blessings,

 

 

the pilgrim

 

We all want life filled with purpose, great relationships with those we love and peace with others!