My dear,
Your father really likes "Groundhog Day," the movie.
It has quite a lot of humor in it. It is that fun bit about seeing the world from different perspectives.
The Bill Murray character starts as an arrogant, negative newspaper man covering Ground Hog Day and living the same day over and over again: "Life has a way of repeating itself!"
There are some interesting one-liners, but most glaring is his lack of enjoyment in life and his rudeness. What comes first? That or his self-centeredness?
There is too much of my own mistakes in him! At first, that kept me from really liking the movie. Where was the inspiration?
It was all so cynical. Can you relate to that? For instance, he doesn't help a person on the street asking for help and ignores them. How many days have I had to "relive" before I figured out that it is in making life more amazing for others that I find great fulfillment!
The Bill Murray character starts as an arrogant, negative newspaper man covering Ground Hog Day and living the same day over and over again: "Life has a way of repeating itself!"
There are some interesting one-liners, but most glaring is his lack of enjoyment in life and his rudeness. What comes first? That or his self-centeredness?
There is too much of my own mistakes in him! At first, that kept me from really liking the movie. Where was the inspiration?
It was all so cynical. Can you relate to that? For instance, he doesn't help a person on the street asking for help and ignores them. How many days have I had to "relive" before I figured out that it is in making life more amazing for others that I find great fulfillment!
The great shift comes--for me and for the movie--when he starts making new choices, and the female lead likes him more and more.
You've seen and felt my mistakes. I have seen and felt yours. The inspiration is in how we have helped each other through the mistakes!
Thank you!
You've seen and felt my mistakes. I have seen and felt yours. The inspiration is in how we have helped each other through the mistakes!
Thank you!
I always like the way you pull yourself out of the mood that caused a problem between us. You come over and apologize. Your awareness has allowed me to learn not to make it worse. I give you space. I gain new patience!
Thank you for the openness that models healthy living! space too and pulling out of Groundhog Day with new responses.
I did not want to be like Bill Murray, stuck in this one day, going through the same rocky day, unable to get off and keeps reliving it until growing as a person.
I need to attempt to solve the larger problems rather than just wait on it, live with the problem.
Instead, I can look for the gift in the experience and learn the life lesson as soon as possible from the living in each day.
So, see when you catch yourself stuck in the "same day"--acting the same way that doesn't help us or others.
We all need to learn how to live life!
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