Bruce Willis and the Meaning of Life

I watched a funny movie the other night called The Kid which starred Bruce Willis as a guy who was an image consultant. For some odd reason (and only Disney really knows) he came in contact with his 10 year old self. His 10 year old self couldn’t believe that he had grown up and didn’t own a dog named Chester, he wasn’t married and he didn’t fly. He said, “Wow! I’ve grown up to be a loser”….while the adult saw his old self as a chubby kid who didn’t do anything right and had a major “image” problem.

I got to thinking about this movie after I went to bed. If I met myself, how would my life look to my 10 year old self? Did I grow up to be a “loser?” Did I grow up to be better than I had expected? Did my 10 year old self really have a clue what life would be like and so had really unrealistic expectations? (Yeah, I know…..pretty deep thoughts from a Disney movie, huh?)

As I laid there in bed, I realized that life is what you make of the individual choices that are placed in front of you each moment of the day. The choices you make take you down a path and when faced with a fork in the road – do you take it? Or do you chop out your own path? Do you just sit down in the road and not make any choice at all? (Which is a choice in and of itself, isn’t it?)

So, “You see Timmy,” I must make the most of every opportunity. I must pray for God to guide me as I make the choices that present themselves to me every day. Once I make the decision, then I need to continue on the journey and be content that I sought guidance, prayed, then made the choice. Other people may never understand why I do the things I do….. and that’s ok. God does and that’s all that matters.

I bet Bruce Willis never thought someone would stay awake at night thinking about life after watching “The Kid.” Oh well….I’m not worried about what he thinks anyway.