heavenly reminders.

today i watched Julie & Julia. An amazing movie that I saw with my family detailing the somewhat parallel stories of two real women who found joy and purpose in cooking.

Now while I am a huge fan of Amy Adams I have to say I was more interested in the Meryl Streep's character; the illustrious Julia Child because she was a woman who I found to be...admirable. Beyond admirable really.

Just an inspiring personality of empowerment and hope.

Why you may ask? Well it's simple.

Julia Child, a who started off as a government secretary and later a housewife, took the time that she had and desired to do something with her life that would make her happy. She wanted to pass the time and be happy while doing it so she learned to cook.

She learned to cook and loved it so much that she wrote a cookbook in order to tell the world of what she loved and to hopefully change it so that the world loved it too.

“Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.”

That's what Julia Child did and it was in the moments that I spent re-watching this movie today that I gained a somewhat refreshed perspective on life and my own ambitoins. Especially in the aspects of the movie that portrayed when it came to her book.

(pepping up his wife, Julia, as she is despondant over not being able to get her book published)
"Someone is going to publish your book. Someone is going to read your book and realize what you've done because your book is amazing. Your book is a work of genius. Your book is going to change the world."

- Paul Child, Julie & Julia

I can only hope for that vote of confidence when the time comes for me but...I was reminded of what I've always wanted and truly want in all the world. To be happy in what I'm doing. To spend my life doing what I love. To write. To breathe and bleed in ink and to spill words not only paper but into people's hearts.

Find something you're passionate about....and keep tremendously interested in it.