Martian Child

While I have a lot I could share today, I think I want to write about the movie "Martian Child." If you have not seen the movie, I recommend it. I enjoyed the story line about a boy that is in a home because his parents abandoned him, and John Cusack plays the man who adopts the boy. It is a touching little story. Not an award winner or anything, but a nice story line. Yes, it's a sappy story, but hey, I still live up to the name "Queen Sap" that I earned during my College Years.

So, while there are many moments in the story that I could discuss, I want to focus on one in particular tonight. In one part, this kid asks John Cusack, "Is it good to be like everybody else?" To which he replies, "That's a good question. Which is something adults say when they're not really sure of an answer."

And it got me to thinking. (I know, you're shocked!) Even as adults, we are encouraged to be like everyone else. However, the older I get, the less I seem to care what others around me think. I wear clothes that my fashion conscious roommate thinks are "out of style", and I don't care. It's me.

I think kids start out being encouraged to be different. I think about my classroom and all the different quirks and personalities within my caseload. And it would be boring if they were all alike.

And then the older we get, the more we see peer pressure enter into the picture. Even as an adult I was in a church a few years back that thought everyone should be more like them. And, if you weren't a cookie cutter version of what was preached, you were looked upon differently to a degree.

Even today as an adult, I am in social situations that I know I'm different in, and I'm okay with that. I think it's a day by day conscentious choice to think like that, but I like that.

I'm different, and I'm me. I like me.

And that's all that matters.

Right?

Well, it's just a thought...

Later!

By the way, I want to add to my list of favorite movies, "A Few Good Men." My favorite line from that is when Jack Nicholson says, "You can't handle the truth!" Love that movie!