Here

Yesterday we saw the movie, Here starring Tom Hanks and Robin Wright 
I didn’t know anything about it except that they were in it 
It’s layered and lovely and has a lot of lessons 
The big one for me was, don’t worry 
We can stall a whole life by worrying 
We choose to let fear dictate our days and those turn into years
You can defer a dream and apparently a life too 
When we’re thirty, fifty seems so far away 
I wish I had a sense then for how quickly a life can stall 
I know that I am not the only one who can relate to getting sidelined 
Mine was a long illness that led to the closing of my dream business 
But, a divorce can do it
So can financial reasons or the death of a loved one 
But, a dream deferred can also end up being the catalyst to change 
To take the class 
Take the trip 
To show up 
Make the art
We are all right here, right now 
It’s crazy to think that half this country is cheering and the other half is cringing over the same man
We need help to find a way out of the chaos and back to each other 
We can do better than this 
In this divided country maybe it’s your voice we need 
Maybe it’s your words or your art that will help us 
We can’t solve anything with worry and we can’t solve anything if we don’t try
Maria Robinson said, “Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending."
I think that sounds like something we can all do 
Let’s be here, right now and make something beautiful happen with our lives