So sometimes you just need some inspiration…

I sat down tonight, curled up with a couple cats, and watched a movie. Sounds rather relaxing yes? You have no idea… “What movie?” would be a very valid question, and the answer: Gladiator. I havn’t watched the movie since the first time I saw it shortly after my wonderful sister bought it for me on DVD for my birthday some years ago. I remembered enjoying the movie, and thinking it had a great story line, but I couldn’t remember the specifics, so I figured tonight was a good time to watch it again. Boy was that the right choice.

You see, I now realize that movie falls into a category that few movies really do for me. The category being “movies that require a second time to fully appreciate”. It was good the first time, but the second time, I’m man enough to admit, I cried. It was a very moving film, and to say that it didn’t churn emotions in me would be a complete lie. I felt as though I wanted to help out with what was going on, I could feel the draw to do something, and it spured forth in me a sense of great loss when I was left helpless like those spectating in the film.

I don’t know, maybe I’m just very emotional right now, or maybe it just finally clicked in my head as to exactly what the movie meant. But this I will say for certain, it was the right choice of movie tonight.

Inspirational? Yes, it has filled me with a drive towards something great. What? Sorry folks, for now, that’s a secret… But soon my friends, soon.

Until the next post, I leave you with a quote from the movie which has my brain churning:

There was a dream that was Rome. You could only whisper it. Anything more than a whisper and it would vanish, it was so fragile. – Marcus Aurelius