The Things We Take For Granted…
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to watch Denzel Washington’s latest film The Book of Eli and the film was amazing, it reminded me of another film, Blindness which starred, Julianne Moore. Anywho… both films show human nature in it’s most desperate form. They shows us just how lucky most of us truly are. In The Book of Eli, we’re brought to apost-apocalyptic world where people struggle, kill, cheat, and lie to survive. A world where only a select few know who God is, where people have to barter for drinking water and kill to stay alive. In Blindness, we’re brought to a world where life as we know it no longer exists. The entire population succumbs to an epidemic that causes nearly everyone to go blind. We witness people take advantage of, rape, and starve each other.
Well, this got me to thinking about the things that I take for granted. How many times do we fight with the people that we love, how often do we take tomorrow for granted, and what’s most important to me? During both of these films, I found myself wondering, which side of the spectrum would I be, would I be the one that sits back and watch as others are taken advantage of, would I be the one taking advantage of others, or would I be someone that could lead others into a better place.
What I have come to realize is this. I must make some changes in my life. Instead of me harboring hate and envy, I must embrace love and kindness. While I tend not to hold on to grudges, I do keep people that have hurt me at a distance. I start my blog POINTEMOUT.COM back in January of 2009 (most of that content no longer exists), but if you’d read it between now and then, you’d know that I’ve changed my tune. I used to go in on some of these celebrities for no good reason. The main one was none other than… Read more
Sad News: Dexter’s Michael C. Hall is Battling Cancer
Dexter star, Michael C. Hall, revealed today that he is currently battling cancer. The award winning actor is almost finished with treatment and the disease is in remission. 38 year old Michael said in a statement he is lucky to have been diagnosed with the “treatable and curable condition”, Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Michael’s camp says the actor plans to continue Read more
More Than 100,000 Feared Dead Following Earthquake in Haiti
The scene in Haiti is something out of a horror film. Bodies have been piled along the roads women and children roam the streets aimlessly. Hospitals, homes, roads, schools and the President’s Palace have all been demolished.
On yesterday, the already poverty stricken country endured a 7.0 of an 8.0 magnitude earthquake. Haitian President Rene Preval said he believes thousands were killed in Tuesday afternoon’s magnitude-7.0 quake, and the scope of the destruction prompted other officials to give even higher estimates. Leading Sen. Youri Latortue told The Associated Press that 500,000 could be dead, although he acknowledged that nobody really knows.
“Parliament has collapsed. The tax office has collapsed. Schools have collapsed. Hospitals have collapsed,” Preval told the Miami Herald. “There are a lot of schools that have a lot of dead people in them.”
Our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone that has family and to those that seek refuge from this horrible natural disaster. Haitian native Wyclef Jean released the following statement about the travesty:
“Haiti today faced a natural disaster of unprecedented proportion, an earthquake unlike anything the country has ever experienced. The magnitude 7.0 earthquake – and several very strong aftershocks – struck only 10 miles from Port-au-Prince. Read more