“……AND YOU STILL HAVE PASSION. THAT MATTERS MORE."
South Africa
I love this movie, AMAZING GRACE, so-o much. The cast, the story, the acting, the music. I majored in music because of what it does to my soul. I have my B.S. and M.M. in music. And it is not the degrees that I have, but the power of music that reaches in and takes a hold of me like nothing else. I remember as a young person sitting in church and sometimes I didn’t listen to the sermon, but the songs were what grabbed a hold of my spirit and moved me. And it’s no different today. I love, love, love music. I am the music and the music is me. I know that I am a passionate person. More than others. People let me know this continually by their reaction to my passionate way of emoting and being. Some may not feel . . . I don’t know, maybe, comfortable around such passion – but others seem to be drawn to it. I can’t be any other way.
I love who I am and my passionate way of living my life is a huge part of that. I am speaking at the Unitarian Universalist Channing Memorial Church March 18 and yesterday I met with the two who are in charge of planning the entire service for two hours after a very interesting all music church service. This is a Unitarian Church so the music included songs such as Embraceable You, Imagine, Standing in the Need of Prayer, Over the Rainbow, Take Five, Catch a Falling Star, Nine Ma Tov and a trumpet solo playing Taps! Anyway, I will be the guest speaker on the 18th of March and the topic is Darfur and the Genocide. My passion was seemingly too much for one of the participants, however I have witnessed her in an altered state of excitement at one time, so I’m not sure what it all meant that she didn’t welcome my spirit of joy. I am so happy in my life and it shows. When I left I heard myself softly say to myself, “Well, I don’t care if she doesn’t like my happiness, I like my happiness.” I am doing what I feel destined to do in speaking out against the genocide and when aligned with the universe, I think the happiness just comes from the well of just-being-all-right-with-LIFE.
If you want to read some very interesting reviews or interviews regarding this film, AMAZING GRACE and Ioan Gruffudd check out this link:
http://s177430995.onlinehome.us/amazing_grace/newsite/community/viewtopic.php?t=21
http://www.amazinggracemovie.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=62
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them and call it healing."
........Sandra Hammel, aka ilovemylife
Don’t let weeds grow around your dreams.
........From H. Jackson Brown, Jr.’s
........Life’s Little Instructon Book. Volume 2
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OR not.”
........Sandra Hammel, aka ilovemylife
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justonemanaliveisunjustignoranthungrycrazyashamedJosephPintauro
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"The Glory of God is Man Fully Alive." St. Irenaeus of Lyons
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"We think of religious activity as directed toward God - instead of man.
We believe in someone divine rather than in ourselves.
Maybe we have turned religion inside-out." Please Touch Edwin M. McMahon & Peter A. Campbell
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Labels: Albert Finney, Amazing Grace, Brothers and Sisters, Genocide, Human Dignity, Human Trafficking, ilovemylife, Ioan Gruffudd, Slavery
1 Comments:
Hello there!
This was an amazing movie. I'm glad that you saw it as such as well.
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