It's YOUR Life...Not Theirs!


If you know me by now...you'll know that I see the old movie now and again.

Today, Lesley and I saw "Mona Lisa Smile" which starred Julia Roberts.

It surprised me.

It surprised me because it wasn't necessarily the 'girlie film' (as I call them) that I expected.

More of a female version of 'Dead Poets Society', really.

I'm always looking out for the underlying message behind movies these days...I can't help myself.

It amazes me how movies can change the outlook of your entire day...just by what you learn from them in those 2 hours or so.

This film certainly had a message -

"Just because other people EXPECT you to be a certain way...it doesn't mean that you HAVE to be like that"

Take me, for example.

My family STILL don't 'get' what I do...both from an Internet and from a personal development perspective.

And...I bet that a few of my ex-colleagues would laugh at what I'm doing now.

But...WE know different, don't we?

YOU and I KNOW that sometimes you need to 'stand up and be counted'...and go against the masses...just to give ourselves the opportunity to BE someone.

I like to think that I'm on MY way to some degree...to live the life that I want to live.

But...what about YOU?

YOU know that you CAN do whatever you CHOOSE with YOUR life...yet you may not be letting yourself.

WHY?

Remember...it's up to YOU.

It's YOUR life you're living...NOT theirs!