Knocked Up... And Still Classy

First I'd like to make a disclaimer that I am in fact NOT PREGNANT... yes you read that correctly I am NOT PREGNANT, so everyone simmer down and breathe. So tonight I was hanging out in the living room with my roomies and we were watching Knocked Up. And as I'm watching this movie I realize that a couple of things they mention are actually really smart and really true. One of my favorite scenes in this movie is when Ben (Seth Rogan's character) is explaining to his dad that he has accidentally gotten his one night stand pregnant. Here's how it plays out:

Seth : This is a disaster

Dad: No, this is not a disaster

D: An earthquake is a disaster, your grandmother having Alzheimer's so bad she doesn't know who the fuck I am, that's a disaster. This is a good thing. This is a blessing.

S: I have a vision for how my life will go and this is definitely not it

D:Wait is this your vision? Are you living your vision right now?

S: I kinda am living my vision, yeah

D: Well, that is sad, I'm telling you Life doesn't care about your vision. Okay? Stuff happens. You deal with it. You roll with it. That's the beauty of it.

Anyway the reason that I am so stuck on this scene in the movie is that I tend to forget that life doesn't come in a pretty package with a pretty bow on top. Life is messy and difficult and never any thing we planned. If we could actually plan for life it would be so much easier, but we can't not really. Yes, we can expect the best and the worst of things but we don't actually know which one we are gonna get. And yet with all the mess that my life is and everything that goes right or wrong I am trying to remember that it is all gonna be ok, that it's all gonna work out in the end.

I am often surprised at how resilient the human spirit and people are, but I often lack faith in my own resilience. I tend to forget how strong I really am, and I focus only on my weakness or lack of something. And like most others I'm sure we all do the same thing.... we focus not on our abilities or skills but only on the skills we never seem to master and all of the qualities we seem to lack.

I just once want to confidently say that I am strong and believe it. I want to be more grateful for my life and the place that I am in within it. I want to learn to appreciate, not necessarily enjoy the difficult times. I want to learn to roll through life more smoothly and to forgive myself and others when they make a mistake. I want to learn to live a life of gratitude and happiness. And I want to wake up in the morning and realize that I still have many dreams and that I am still full of an endless amount of potential.