Sunday, January 15, 2012

my twenty seconds of insane courage

With all the time that I have been home for the winter holiday I have gotten to see several movies currently in theaters: Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, Hugo, and We Bought a Zoo (and that doesn't account for all the movies that I watched at home and all the movies that I still really want to see). But, most recently out of these I saw We Bought a Zoo which was absolutely adorable; I laughed, cried (several times...seriously I can't help it), and I smiled the entire time.

There was one recurring theme in the movie that I absolutely loved. The main character, Benjamin Mee, played by Matt Damon (<3) had a theory of allowing yourself just twenty seconds of courage...

"You know, sometimes all you need is twenty seconds of insane courage. Just literally twenty seconds of just embarrassing bravery. And I promise you, something great will come of it."

So now pause for exactly twenty seconds...when counting it out, it may feel a little longer, but it really is a tiny amount of time. Though many moments in my life if I had just sucked it up for twenty seconds I can only imagine some of the things I could have gotten myself to do or allowed myself to say. 
Since I am about to start a series of really big adventures this is something that I will keep in mind. Hopefully you and I will both be able to find moments when we can have insane courage for just twenty seconds, and maybe something great will come of it. 

If ya haven't really heard much about the movie...or if you just like to admire Matt Damon, here is the We Bought a Zoo trailer.

peace. love. and insane courage. 

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