The Paradox of It All

"But here is the paradox... There is no deal and what we do matters. ". Oriah Mountain Dreamer.

I am sharing this short piece of Oriahs' last post with you, as lots is going on. Not only for myself, but I would assume many others. I watched Obama's last address to the American people this evening. I must say I found it very moving. What made waves in my emotional well was not what has been accomplished by Obamas' Administration, but also by what has not been accomplished.

Tonight as I watched I thought about the successes, the laughter and most of all the love. I also thought about the failures, the disappointments and the betrayals.

All of these things are what make up the story, and this story, our story, of Canada, of North America is so damn important. I know that it is not only important to me but to you as well ... I hope. This amazing story is carried out in Parliament, the Oval office, in our living rooms and at the corner stores, and all of it is important. Yesterday was important, now is important and most importantly tomorrow is very important.

I opened this blog with a quote from Oriah Mountain Dreamer that caught my eye in one of her posts on Facebook.

"But here is the paradox... There is no deal and what we do matters. ". Oriah Mountain Dreamer.

Do you know that moment when all of the travels through the rabbit hole suddenly make sense?

Well I have had decades of Paradoxes, and I felt the need to share with you tonight my Ah Haaa, moment.

I honed in on that one line as it reminded me of the final scene from one of my favorite movies( I personally believe to be underrated by film critics), and we are in such a moment of change continentally. For better or worse we are all in this together. Obamas' Speech, Oriahs Quote, and of course my movie, which is what I am most excited to share with you this evening.

I have been trying to watch this movie for the last two years, but have not let myself, my cynic has been running the show. God I am tired of my cynic, such a Bitch.

Regardless when I read that line it took me to a place and a time that I ache for, the place and time, when I was not afraid to be a fool. The place and time when I never, ever gave up, not on you and for sure as hell not on myself.

So I would like to share the end of this movie with you. A few lines anyways.

These lines were desperately screeched by Michelle Pfieffer to a stunned Bruce Willis.

"That girl in the pith helmet is still in here...Bee boo Bee boo...(great hand gestures with that by the way). I did not even know she existed until I met you. And I am afraid if you leave I may never see her again. Even though I said at times you beat her out of me. Isn't that the paradox, haven't we hit the essential paradox...Give and take, push and pull, yin and yang, the best of times the worst of times, I think Dickens said it best, jack sprat of it, he could eat no fat his wife could eat no lean. But that really doesn't apply here does it. I guess what I am trying to say is I saying Chow Fungs because I love you!"

They hug, that real hug, that reminds you that no matter what ...Through the yin and the yang through the git and the gat , through it all even if we never see each other again, we are in this together.

Oh and yes of course he in turn tells her that he loves her as well.

Maybe that is what I am trying to say to all of you. To all of you that have been, and are gone, and yes to all of you that are still here. I love you and although life is full of paradoxes and dichotomies and we might rarely agree and often we don't get along, the fact that I love you dead or alive, this will never ever, ever change. Here is to being the fool, the fool I never new I could be until I met all of you. When I met you I met the better part of me, or maybe it was the worst part of me, but it made me believe in all of me. (If that makes sense) No matter the struggles I am not giving up on us. Here is to the world, here is to me, here is to you, and here is to The Story Of Us.

Now this might all seem abit over the top, but really I am not concerned what you think of me. And I will not apologize for this, EVER. My ability to love and accept real love from others has kept me true, real and alive. If you do not like what I have written then your homework is to not just watch the clip, watch the whole movie, then get off your ass and go apologize to someone you should have done so a very very long time ago. We all have one of those. Most of us do anyways.

If you want to watch this clip...Here is the link and again here is to The Story of Us. Some love have no conditions don't ever forget this.