Category: reflection

Law of Attraction Stories

I spent time on a  beautiful beach at sunset in Austinmer was taken at the end of a wonderful day I had during the week we spent at Wollongong. Lots of magical things had happened and I felt really happy, grateful and peaceful.
Peak Performance has a good story to support your thinking around the laws of attraction. Don’t we all need as many triggers to think like this as possible?
Steve Pavlina discusses Gratitude and states

“When you feel grateful for existence itself, you move from doing grateful to being grateful. At this level you finally activate the Law of Attraction because you’re broadcasting gratitude all the time. It becomes part of your identity. Ultimately you attract circumstances that resonate with who you are.”

I looked up my wish list today on Froogle and found that I had actually received everything that was on my list. I was quite astounded and as I looked back over it I reflected that I had a range of things; from things I knew I would probably get, to things that seemed quite impossible at the time. I also noted that the ‘things’ had come to me in all different ways and it would have been unlikely for me to predict how they would come, at the time. The point is that I decided I wanted them, I made the list then forgot about it and it happened. I’ve made a new list needless to say. I want to apply that elsewhere!

Chumscrubbers

Last night I watched this movie, Chumscrubbers.  My son recommended it to me and said it was like Donnie Darko as he knew I’d really enjoyed that. He finds great movies!
Andy and I found this movie quite disturbing, because we can see the reality in it. It was scary to watch and scary because you can recognise so much of our existence in it. I was just saying to my friend the other day how I really don’t know what my kids life is like, but I just have to trust them. I really try to stay in good communication with them but I know there are times I don’t succeed. I don’t think I am as extreme as the parents in the movie, but I am confident that some of us are some of the time. If you are a parent, you should watch this.
It also speaks to me of the drug culture in our society. I really find the ADHD drugging of children disturbing. I am not an expert and I probably don’t have any qualification to say that, but I just feel it’s not right. It reminds me of that other great film ‘Thumbsuckers‘, it had one of the same actors in it as well as a host of other great names.
I found this little clip on MSN that discusses the parent angle in this film, you might like to watch that too.
On a lighter note, this blogger found this to comment on, which is another aspect of the film that was lighter and more enjoyable.

Summer Viewing

I haven’t watched many films this summer, whilst we were away we mainly watched our new ‘Battlestar Gallactica‘ DVDs that Andy got for Christmas. Season one was great and I am now looking out for season two. When they were on TV, we didn’t always catch them because they were on late, so having the DVDs has been a great way to see them, no ads!
I really enjoyed the ABC show ‘How the Hell Did We Get Here?’The Baby Boomers Guide to the Movies’. It was a top 20 of Australian Films and I had seen most of them and truly enjoyed the show. It reminded me how much I love Australian film, even the older films that were mainly included in this list!
We went to the cinema at Wollongong to see ‘Casino Royale‘. I wasn’t keen, because I’m not traditionally a big James Bond fan, but I did enjoy this film. My favourite James Bond was always Sean Connery but this new guy gives him a bit of a nudge. The cinema was looking a bit sad though. It felt dirty and dusty, so lucky it was a good film, or I possibly couldn’t have sat through it.
I saw ‘Children of the Revolution‘ on pay TV at the motel we stayed at in Kiama. It was Aussie and quite funny. It’s an Australian movie from 1997 and had Rachel Griffiths in it,among others.
I was delighted to see another Australian movie on the guide ‘Dalkeith‘. It was based on a story from the Traralgon old peoples home by the same name and I had always wanted to see it. I was seriously dissappointed though and couldn’t watch it all. Too stereotypical, although the reviewer I have linked to was more positive.
At Ulla Dulla I watched the new TV series ‘Men in Trees’ and loved it. Andy dislikes the main character, but I’m sure he will tolerate it for me! I am going to watch this series, I can tell. It reminds me of my old favourite ‘Northern Exposure’.