Wednesday Wanderings

Fearless contributions from Fearless Bloggers ...

(for our very first Wednesday Wanderings)

While Sipping Tea in the Garden

Dear fellow bloggers, I guess you must be enjoying this pleasant garden – beware of the gnome – while sipping your tea (our hostess is mostly gentle). As you come from different corners of the blogsphere, I truly wonder what is your approach to things which could be essential in life. What is essential in life for you?

The imagery here could be related to films such as Capra’s ‘It's A Wonderful Life’, Clooney’s‘Good Night and Good Luck’ and Jeunet’s ‘Amélie’. What kind of feeling did you have after experiencing these movie pictures?

It seems to me that this world could benefit hugely from outright optimistic individuals. They move on despite the difficulties and are quite sure that lack of honesty does not pay in reality – let alone in fiction. To some extent, this may make you feel like Pollyanna however: can’t we bring this to reality?

Some time ago, I was impressed by a Jeff’s post calling us to take our stand against censorship (please read it – visit him via Doc’s Fearless Links). He disregarded the fact he could be a single voice and actually found readers who could listen to him and spread the news. Things are right or wrong irrespective of which side we are on – could it be called ethics? As an extension of this thought, I wondered if we would be able to let go of our personal benefits or our comfortable opinions so that the group as a whole would be benefitted. Would you call it weakness? Would you be ashamed/afraid of being called ‘weak’?

Once I crashed my car which led me to an overnight stay in the hospital – the typical chance for a review of a number of my attitudes. Funny how we need such turning points in life, as though there were not any milestones around us every day. While disregarding this, days, months, years pass by and then - out of the blue - voilà: we are in a well-kept fortress. How could we lay the bridge down to access this fortress? That would be a small act of enormous generosity indeed. Have you genuinely paid attention to the ones around you? It is risky and frightening to feel fragile, isn’t it?

C’mon be fearless!

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PS.: I will be away for a few weeks yet eager to read your thoughts upon return

Movie Recommendations

I’m totally recommending a film that I saw yesterday in Cinemax, called, “Nina’s Tragedies.”

A very nice Jewish film about human relation and love. If this film do not move something on you, you are rock solid...

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For the girls, especially, I am recommending “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” – it’s about 4 best friends who find something beautiful and self-affirming in themselves one summer – and there are these magic jeans … I watched it two times in 2 days!

Nazli :-)

Music Recommendation

Black Roses Red: Alana Grace – “can you turn my black roses red …?”

Unwritten: Natasha Bedingfield – “no one else can speak the words on your lips … live your life with your arms wide open. Today is where your book begins, the rest is still unwritten”

You’re Beautiful: James Blunt – “you’re beautiful, it’s true …”