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Natural connection made with Penguins and Happy Feet

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Mon, 2007-01-01 19:25 - Harris H.

I believe the clues to a person's damaged experience can be found in the area of Family Secrets.  Each Family has them... but not all Secrets are "bad".  Perhaps the ones that pit one against another are done intentionally to test Loyalty, I don't know... but it makes sense to me that people of a different nature are usually Isolated  in some term and context of family experience. 

Birds of a feather flock together and work in harmony not because of common experience, but because no bird will betray it's own kind by telling a secret.   
I couldn't help but link this to the motion picture "Happy Feet"!   Over the holidays my children went to see it, then dragged me to see it with them.  I really didn't have an interest in the film, because it didn't seem to be anything more than a musical performed by penguins.  Boy was I wrong!  Anyone else see it?  I'm dying to talk to an adult about the adult-sized issues lost on my almost-13 year old!
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Wed, 2007-01-03 13:30 — JAQUIE

Happy Feet

I saw the movie as well, and yes, it was great.  I don't remember all of the character's names, but the fact that at the beginning, the penguin was an outcast because he was different, and eventually "saved the day" because of his "being different" and being able to see the real problem, does seem to parallel some of our life stories.  The fact that another group of different penguins accepted him when his own kind wouldn't is also familiar. The parents loved him despite the humiliation he caused them.  I didn't give this much thought to it before, I just know I really liked it.  I may have to see it again.  I would recommend it for everybody here.  Thank You for bringing this up!

Wed, 2007-01-10 14:39 — Kerry

Movement towards a RADical change

What I found most facinating about the movie was how much power music had on me, and how it influenced my interest in the movie, itself.

For instance, the beginning... it was all really confusing... the music, the singing.... it made no sense, especially given the crowds of penguins forming it's own distraction.  Visually, it was really annoying and disturbing to watch because it made no sense... but the MUSIC, and the way different songs were merged into one song... it was BRILLIANT!  I stayed simply because the songs were familar, but presented in a way that was SO New and Different, I was rendered immobile by the effect it had on me.  [Truly, just for the music ALONE, it's a must-see!]

That's when it struck me:  how we form our connections.  They are based on the "songs within our hearts"... each individual  Voice is based on past experiences, and the memories of those experiences form certain Sounds of Expression.  How we naturally express ourselves determines what gets seen and recognized by Others.  Therefore, <heavy breath...> How another person responds to our own expressed forms of "Self" determines the value given to that individual's Natural Essence.

Did that make sense? 

Here... let me lose more of you...

Group Acceptance in my opinion, can only happen once a person feels valued and important by those closest to a person's heart.

I think THAT'S why it's so easy for the RAD Adult to just Walk-Away from another relationship... because the bond was not mutually felt, expressed or shared.  The Response given to our heart-felt feelings will determine our actions and reactions.

<pant, pant>  whaddya think?? 

 

 

 

Thu, 2007-01-11 13:14 — JAQUIE

Deep Thoughts

WOW! Kerry, that's deep!  Like I said, I need to see it again to get more out of it.
 
You are right about our relationships, though.  It is too easy to walk away.  When you feel there's a connection and you think you're madly in love, death do us part....... any sign of trouble, you turn the feelings off and withdraw before your the one who's hurt.  It's almost like self sabatage.  If the going gets rough, get the hell out!  But I'm tired of running, and of starting over.  I'm turning 50 the end of this month, and I would just like to maintain the 3 1/2 year relationship I'm currently in until the end of my days, but I'm having difficulty getting a firm life-long committment from him.  It will probably be more likely once my 16 year old turns 18, and moves out. I just feel 50 is too old to be just somebody's "girlfriend".  I just need to hang in there a little longer, I guess.
Thu, 2007-01-11 22:37 — Kerry

Script re-read

You are right about our relationships, though.  It is too easy to walk away.  When you feel there's a connection and you think you're madly in love, death do us part....... any sign of trouble, you turn the feelings off and withdraw before your the one who's hurt. 
Where do you think that "lesson in life" was learned?
 It's almost like self sabatage.  If the going gets rough, get the hell out!  But I'm tired of running, and of starting over.  Starting over, using the same tools is the working definition of insanity -- "doing the same thing over and over, expecting different results" I'm turning 50 the end of this month, and I would just like to maintain the 3 1/2 year relationship I'm currently in until the end of my days, but I'm having difficulty getting a firm life-long committment from him.  What's the cost of Maintainence these days?
It will probably be more likely once my 16 year old turns 18, and moves out. I just feel 50 is too old to be just somebody's "girlfriend".  I just need to hang in there a little longer, I guess.  What are you hanging-on for... Life to Begin?
Have you discussed these things with anyone else?  If so, what was the response given?