{{goof}} That was awesome

You know, I have been watching some old movies as of late, cause over the past couple of years it seems that Hollywood has last that "magical" touch it once had. They used to make "magical" movies. Movies that inspired. Movies that made you believe in the goodness of people. Movies that made you believe in yourself, or movies that made you cry cause they were romantic, or inspiring....they made you feel good about being alive.

I was watching Jerry McGuire the other night. A great movie that truly can inspire you. Their are so many themes you can take from this film, but the one that really hit me the other night was the theme of "change". You see, Tom Cruise plays Jerry McGuire, a sports agent who has built a career out of talking fast, making promises to potential clients that he will keep, but he will do anything to make it happen. In the beginning, it doesn't matter to him if that client of his gets hurt. He is not really into their well being. He is into his own, which means that all he cares about is that he will make more money by his clients making more money. But life changes for Jerry. He gets a "conscience" and becomes inspired to change. Suddenly, that career of lies he built doesn't matter. Why does this happen? Cause Jerry is asked by one of his clients sons if he cares about his fathers well being? Jerry lies, and that gets to him.

I'm sure alot of you have seen this film, and the love story that is in it. So I don't have to explain the whole film. But their is one part that really hit home to me. It's when Cuba Gooding Jr's character, after the Monday Night Football game comes out of the locker room, sees Jerry, and two men hug. It's in that moment that you feel the movie sums up everything. Cuba's character (Rod) realizes that Jerry was right all along about how he (Rod) just needed to shut his mouth and play football...for himself and not just for money or endorsements. Jerry realizes that this moment, this special moment he is sharing with Rod, is missing something...and it is Dorothy, the one woman he then realizes completes him.

And when Jerry goes home and says, "Hello. I'm looking for my wife!"....you see him come full circle and we see that he understands who he is now. He is not the same guy who talked fast and did anything he could to sign someone and not really care. He is not the same guy who couldn't love someone. He is now a man who cares about what he does, who cares about the well being of his clients, and who now knows what it means to be in love.

I watched this movie the other night and thought, "It is sad that writers in Hollywood cannot write stuff like this the way they used to. Hollywood used to be a magical place. It is so rare to see great films like this that inspire...at least it is these days." And I also thought that it was sad that people refuse to see that magic....in love...can happen. If a guy like Jerry McGuire can find it, even if it takes him on that kind of a journey, in the end, that journey is worth it.

Magic does happen people.

Thanks bad_girl. Just felt inspired to write it. Glad you liked it.

One of my favorite inspirational movies of all time is RUDY. I mean, if you don't cry when he runs onto the field and finally gets the chance to play in a football game....then you just aint human. I see that scene, I cry like a b*tch!

One of my favorite inspirational movies of all time is RUDY. I mean, if you don't cry when he runs onto the field and finally gets the chance to play in a football game....then you just aint human. I see that scene, I cry like a b*tch!

So, are you asking if I believe in Ronald McDonald? Because the McDonalds commercials from when I was little warped my mind and now thats what I think of when I hear that song.

NO, NOT ANYMORE.....

Alot of you know that I am a believer in God. I don't push my beliefs on anyone, but I do tell people that I believe in HIM. I get asked alot of times how can I prove God's existense. And, as usual, it is hard to just prove he exists. But, something happened in my family a few weeks back that just proves to me that he is their.

My nephew, Jamey, was in a horrible car accident. His was driving home late one night, and was making a turn when he lost control of his truck. He flipped it nine times, and was thrown from the truck. When I got the call as to what had happened, he was in surgery. Basically, he was fighting for his life, and the Doctor's were not all that optamistic that he would make it. He had four fractures in the back of his head, but that wasn't the worst part. He had a blood clot hemmorage on his brain, the size of a golfball, and if they didn't move fast enough, he was going to die.

Today, he is home, after only being in the hospital for two weeks (they thought he would be their for at least a month), can walk (but he has to wear a helmet) and is getting better day by day. He has a long road ahead of him as to his recovery, but what is amazing is that he is doing so well, so fast. Even the doctor's are shocked by it.

The morning I found out about his accident, I cried. He is 20 years young, and I helped to raise him when my step brother was a single dad. I spent alot of time with this kid, and to know that he could die just hurt me so much. I know that people die, and we never are promised tomorrow, but I prayed so hard he would live. I know alot of people were praying, and we still are. But Jamey is now living proof (at least to me) of their being a God. The doctor who did the surgey looked at my step brother before Jamey was set to leave the hospital and said to him, "That boy is a miracle. A living breathing miracle."

I know this thread is about the magic of love in relationships, but I felt this was good to post here too. Cause their is magic in life folks.

I believe....and will keep Jamey, you, and your family in my prayers!