Trust Me...

"But it is also true that the person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing. All we know about the future is that it will be different. But perhaps what we fear is that it will be the same. So we must celebrate the changes, because, as someone once said, everything will be all right in the end. And if it is not all right, then trust me, It is not yet... The End."

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The Question of the Year. The Question of the Life.

"To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."

Lord Alfred Tennyson, Ulysses

The question of the day. The question of a moment. And maybe, just maybe, ironically, the question of a life time.

What would you do, if you knew you only had one day, one week, or one month to live?

"When you get those rare moments of clarity, those flashes when the universe makes sense, you try desperately to hold on to them. They are the life boats for the darker times, when the vastness of it all, the incomprehensible nature of life is completely illusive. So the question becomes, or should have been all a long... What would you do if you knew you only had one day, or one week, or one month to live. What life boat would you grab on to? What secret would you tell? What band would you see? What person would you declare your love to? What wish would you fulfil? What exotic locale would you fly to for coffee? What book would you write? "

Excerpt from the film "One Week"

Dearest friend came over tonight and brought a movie.

I remember the phone call a few weeks ago, when she asked me if I had heard of the film, or seen the film... "No," was my reply. "What's it about?"

She simply said... You'll understand, we'll watch it together. The film will take you home and to all the places you were as a child, where you grew up... It'll narrate the stories that you tell me when you talk about Canada and her greatness. Of all the places you've seen and the moments that raised you and created you and let you become..."

I had to promise her, not to watch the film... That I'd wait until we'd watch it together. And that was tonight.

But it was also the story of the film that so dearly touched me, caressed and pierced me. Thrust itself into me.

And in the one instance, home felt so far away and it felt so close. Yes, the touch and the smell and the sensation and a thousand memories and a thousand dreams called hopes and yearnings and desires that all united themselves into a clarity.

It was just the right film to watch on a day like today. The first day in a new year, the first day in a new chapter... Because it reminded me what I want this day, this moment, this year and this life to hold and embrace and experience and tell stories of...

Dearest friend and I sat silently on the couch together afterwards.

Simply because nothing needed to be said. Simply because everything was simply understood. For each other. And between ourselves.

She left shortly afterwards, we just simply hugged and said... "Talk to you tomorrow."

I poured myself a glass of wine, pulled out an old box of photographs. From home.

And then the phone rang and it was dearest, oldest over the memories of years and times and maps and life friend on the phone...

And when I answered, her first question and first words on the phone were... "Hon, are you coming home for a visit this year?"

And it reminded me...

"To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."

Much Loves,

Angela.

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Everything Will Be All Right...

"Everything will be all right in the end. 

And if it is not all right, then it is not yet the end."

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Carpe Diem...

"If you listen real close, you can hear them whisper their legacy to you. Go on, lean in. Listen, you hear it? Carpe. Hear it? Carpe, Carpe Diem, seize the day. make your lives extraordinary."

The Dead Poet's Society

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Serendipity...

"Life is not merely a series of meaningless accidents or coincidences. But rather, it is a tapestry of events that culminate in an exquisite, sublime plan."

Serendipity, The Film

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It's All About...

"It‘s all about Love, actually."

Just a little reminder.

Much Loves,

Angela.

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Then Trust Me...

"But it is also true that the person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing. All we know about the future is that it will be different. But perhaps what we fear is that it will be the same. So we must celebrate the changes, because, as someone once said, everything will be all right in the end. And if it is not all right, then trust me, it is not yet... The End."

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A Woman's Heart...

"A woman's heart is a deep ocean of secrets."

'Rose Dawson'
Titanic, The Movie

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The Pursuit of Happiness...

"Do not ever let somebody tell you You can't do something. Not even me. You have a dream. You have to protect it. Because if people can't do something themselves, they want to tell you that you can't do it. If you want something, go get it. Period."

The Pursuit of Happiness 

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The Train Home to Yourself...

"They say they built the train tracks over the alps between Vienna and Venice before there was a train that could make the trip. But they built it anyway. They knew one day the train would come. Any arbitrary turn along the way, and I would be elsewhere. I would be different. What are four walls, anyway? They are what they contain. The house protects the dreamer. Unthinkably good things can happen, even late in the game. It is such a surprise."

Under the Tuscan Sun

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Have Courage...

" 'What' and 'If' are two words as non-threatening as words can be. But put them together side-by-side and they have the power to haunt you for the rest of your life.

What if? What if? What if?

I don’t know how your story ended but if what you felt then was true love, then it is never too late. If it was true then, why wouldn’t it be true now? You need only the courage to follow your heart. I don’t know what a love like that feels like, a love to leave loved ones for or a love to cross oceans for. But I’d like to believe if I ever were to feel it, that I will have the courage to seize it. And, if you didn’t seize your love, I hope one day that you will."

Letters to Juliet

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Everything is All Right...

"Everything will be all right in the end. 

And if it is not all right, then it is not yet the end."

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Dream a Little Bigger...

"You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, Darling."

The Inception.

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My Hope for You...

"For what it is worth, it is never too late to be whoever you want to be. There is no time limit. Start whenever you want. You can change or stay the same. There are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people who have a different point of view. I hope you live a life you are proud of. And if not, I hope you have the courage to start all over again."

Eric Roth
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

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This Loving Mirror...

 

"Sometimes we depend on other people as a mirror. 

To define us and let us see who truely we are. 

And each reflection lets me like myself a little more."

My Blueberry Nights. The Film.

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