Rise of the Guardians

    I have fallen behind on posts again.  The reasons are all good.  Life is busier than usual with more work hours and extra festivities that surround this time of year.  I am not avoiding the posts but simply living life and falling into bed exhausted.  I will try to do better in the new year but I have the feeling the rest of this month will roll this way.  Back on Saturday, Nov 24th, we headed to the theater to see Rise of the Guardians.  It was gorgeous.  The story was traditional yet fresh and clever and the characters were full...of well...character.  There was glitter...lots of it...and I love glitter.  But if you aren't familiar with the theme of this movie let me give you a glimpse.  It is about the guardians of childhood.  The Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy, Sandman, and Santa have a new recruit, Jack Frost.  They each have a bit of magic that they give to children and in return the faith and belief of the child gives that gift back to the guardian.  The key to Jack Frost finding his theme is to look deep into what is at his core.  He discovers it and while on the journey we are reminded that we, too, have a core.  It gets a grown up to thinkin'. 
       We all have a core.  A belief.  The thing that makes us "magical".  Have you lost yours or forgotten what it was?  Have you stuffed it so far down that it is not only incredibly safe but missing as well?  Did you ever really know what it was to begin with?  Think back to those moments in childhood when it beamed brightly.  It was there all along.  My journey these last few years has brought me to one overwhelming focus to find those things buried within this body.  They were bright as a child and life piled up on life and somewhere along the line it was dulled.  Stifled.  Choked out like the embers of a dying fire.  So I've been digging through rubble to find it again.  As a fire needs oxygen so does our core.  This movie reminded children to hold on to the thing that makes them who they are at the very center of their being...and reminded adults that they need to find it, rekindle it and refuse to let it go.  We all have magic, gifts and a little bit of sparkle if we share it with the world!