Free Will

We watched "The Adjustment Bureau" a few months ago, and I have been going through the web to find the last lines from "The Adjustment Bureau. Finally, today I found it! Its about free will and trying to create the life you want for yourself. Here is my favorite line from the movie]. Life is short. Live your dream.

Harry Mitchell: [voice over] Most people live life on the path we set for them. Too afraid to explore any other. But once in a while people like you come along and knock down all the obstacles we put in your way. People who realize free will is a gift, you'll never know how to use until you fight for it. I think that's The Chairman's real plan. And maybe, one day, we won't write the plan. Your will.

Matt Damon and Emily Blunt

Derek Jeter

Here’s what the 36-year-old Yankees shortstop had to share with the mag:

On his own future: "I haven't met a person who can change what's happened in the past, and I haven't met a person who can tell the future..."

On the secret to his success: “My parents always told me, ‘There’s always going to be someone that’s better.’ But there’s no reason why someone should outwork you. That’s just an excuse.”

On his off-season contract saga: "I always said I wasn't going to talk about it. I didn't talk about it. I addressed it one time in the press conference, and I won't bring it up again. In my mind, it's over with, it's done with. That's how I've always been, and that's how I'll always be. I think when things linger, that's when they become a distraction. I don't want any distractions."

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The Back Up Plan

I just finished watching "The Back Up Plan". I started becoming a fan of Alex O’Loughlin a few months ago when I started watching Hawaii Five O. This movie just seals the deal even more! My favorite line in the movie is when he takes her out on a date in the garden and asks JLo "can I ask you a serious question? Did you buy that dress to wear for me tonight"? Click here to watch that scene. Wooooo, soooooo dreamy! Here's the first time he asked it on their date, click here.

my favorite scene in "The Back Up Plan" found here: http://www.videodetective.com/movies/trailers/the-backup-plan-i-will-never-tell-trailer/432454 (I will never tell)

Having and Being

I love the CSI shows. One particular episode of CSI Las Vegas (aired 10/21/2010, Season 11: Episode 05: House of Hoarders) had a really great dialogue between Dr Ray Langston and Nick Stokes (played by Lawrence Fishbourne and George Eads respectively) about how people view material things. Here is the dialogue (sorry if it is not exactly verbatim)".

People are obesseed w/ possessions, he believed that human beings had 2 basic orientations, "having" and "being". People with the "having orientation" seek to acquire and possess things, property and even people. People with the "being orientation" focus on the experience. They derive meaning from the exchanging, engaging and sharing with other people.

Unfortunately we have a culture today of "commercialism" which is doomed and driven by the "having orientation" which leads to dissatisfaction and emptiness. We need to remember in 1960 there was no such thing as public storage in America, today there is more than 2 billion square feet dedicated to it.

Things don't always have to mean everything, nor do they have to be devoid of meaning, they are just one of the ways of which we can experience and enjoy life as long as they don't get in the way of living.

HAVING: Buying more that what you really need because the "act" of buying makes you happy. This is normally a temporary happiness and lasts short term.

BEING: Enjoying the experience of going out shopping with a friend, giving your friend a nice gift. This feeling lasts longer because you derive pleasure in the experience rather than the object itself.

What is truly important

"...money is not the prime commodity in our lives... Time is."

"Gordon Gekko" (Michael Douglas) on Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps