In one of my previous blogs I mentioned a Kmart journal that I had bought myself. It has a great concept and the idea is to get to know yourself better, connect with your soul purpose and to live your best life. So it isn't a blank journal in which you can write in like a normal journal. This has thought provoking questions in which you can answer. You don't have to begin at the start of the journal, you can pick any question that you feel you can answer. I am going to include some photos of the journal so you can actually see what I am describing. I paid $9 AUD and I will say that I do think it is working for me and it is getting me to think about my life and the way in which I want to live it. So that all being said, I thought what I would do is actually pick some of the questions out of it and actually write my responses in a blog. So here goes.
Your Inspirations
What was the last great book you read (or movie you watched) and what did you learn from it? Is there a piece of art that inspires you? What is it and why?
Because my mental health hasn't been the greatest in the past year, I haven't been able to actually read a whole book. I have tried to start books and I get to about 30 pages in and I just can't seem to pick them back up again and start reading. I am definitely interested in reading them, I really want to read them, I just don't have the attention span to be able to sit there and relax and read. And that genuinely upsets me because I love to read. The most I can do is read news articles because they are so short compared to a book. Plus I am true crime obsessed, so it has just worked for me for now. The last movie that I watched (which I had to pause and come back to and it took over 4 hours for a 2 and a bit hour movie) was Forrest Gump. It is one of my all time favourite movies and it came out in 1994, so I was 15 years old and I loved it back then and it is one movie that I can watch over and over again. What have I learned from Forrest Gump? I think the first thing would be to always have compassion for your fellow humans beings. No matter their colour, preferences, whatever, you should always have compassion for each other.
It also taught me more about disabilities. I grew up next door to a family who had a son (he was the eldest) who was oxygen deprived at birth and had issues from that. He had the mental capacity of about a 2 year old. (I hope that I have worded that right, because I don't want to offend anyone whatsoever.) I grew playing with him and his younger brother and sister and learned how to communicate with him and what would make him smile (high fives was his favourite). I learned from this experience and Forrest Gump, that no matter what every single person matters. And that we should never leave anyone behind. All our stories are different, and that is what makes each and every one of us unique! I feel beyond blessed to have lived next door to our neighbours and am so eternally grateful for the lessons that their son taught me.
Forrest Gump also taught me about unconditional love. The love that Forrest has for Jenny is unconditional. He loves no one but her, he only has eyes for her and he doesn't look at any other woman the way that he looks at his Jenny. And just because he had a lower mental capacity did not mean that he was not capable of love. And everything he did for her was always done with love. And when he finally gets to marry her and they have their son, it is like the perfect love story. The whole love story of Forrest Gump just melts my heart.
In regards to art, I am not into it much. So I decided to have a bit of google and see what stood out to me and then I thought I could attach it with this blog. The one that stood out most and that I actually liked is the A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, Georges Seurat, 1884–1886.
So why did it stand out and appeal to me? I guess because it is quite vibrant, I love all the colours in it and that it is set on either a lake or an ocean. I love that there are animals and it appears to be in an era where I think I would have loved to experience. I love that the women have umbrellas and their hats. And everyone looks to just be so happy to be there. If only we could time travel.
So anyway, there's the response to my Kmart journal entry. I'll attach a photo of the specific page that I used also.
Hope everyone has a blessed day.
The Norty Borderline
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