I took a long and quiet drive home from the office. The hunger I felt wasn't there anymore thanks to the biscuits from my production box, which reminds me, I have to take stock of my boxes and label them. Bummer. Arrived home safely with barely a quarter of my strength left. Tired minds and hearts normally result in tired bodies. Had a drink and sat in front of the tube with a bag of chips, which I hardly ever do. Urm...yeah, I hardly ever watch TV, and I don't have a habit of eating chips for fun. Contemplated playing the PS2, which I've neglected; and even wondered if I should watch a DVD, another of those things I hardly ever do. Some aspiring filmmaker I am. Hah.
Was on my laptop. Well...I still am now aren't I? I have a paper to write for BLC's year end edition of the Mustard Seed, our newsletter.
Then I made my daily visit to Sivin's blog. And this link, http://www.worldonfire.ca/ caught my attention. It should catch yours too. Why don't you take a couple of minutes to visit that site? If you're busy, do bookmark it and just visit it later.
Sarah McLachlan is one of the premier female vocalists around as far as I'm concerned. Always enjoyed her stuff. What a video. Simplicity is indeed beauty sometimes. Like Sivin said in his blog, I too like the contrasts and matters of perspectives used in the video. Good stuff.
Empty feeling-filler No.1 obtained.
Just as I was viewing this video and listening to the soothing song, a conversation I was having with a friend online represented empty feeling-filler No.2. Like I blogged a couple of months ago, at times when we are called into 'action', to be there for someone else, we fill our own emptiness and sometimes, in God's special time and way, we are presented with a way to help ourselves too by helping someone else. It really helped me as a reminder, this conversation and also the video, that there are other things in life that need addressing. I was glad to be of help to my friend. I enjoy helping others and just being a friend to lean on, a listening ear in times of trouble. I'm glad I was trusted enough to be told of the situation that was bothering my friend.
So as my night, or should I say, day, comes to an end, I keep reminding myself to ask, "...and what about you? How are you? Are you doing alright? Can I help?" I'm quite tired, I hope I make some sense in this entry :) Now to write that paper for the newsletter...
*Photos are taken from Google search*
1 comment:
Coincidentally I blogged something like that too last night. So I think I get what you mean :) I saw the Sarah Mclachlan video. She was (and still is) one of my favourite musicians. You're right, I suppose when you strip away the frills and pretense, the simplicity of love is both fragile and powerful at the same time. I vote this as the best Christmas video I've seen this year :) Thanks for sharing.
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