I was doing what I typically do at one in the morning; downloading music. Usually when I'm downloading music at this time, I have no idea what I'm looking for. I just browse my genius selections, or look up new songs from artists I already have. Basically, I'm just filling space on my 30G ipod. I had just hit download on EZ by Pete Yorn, when I thought "Hey! You know what movie had a great soundtrack? Shutter Island!" I then proceeded to browse over the Shutter Island soundtrack, downloading whatever I very well pleased. However, when I got to the song that I wanted most, On the Nature of Daylight by Max Richter, my (unreliable) downloading service failed me. I decided not to let this deter me from listening to this song, so I looked it up on the always reliable YouTube. I knew this song was in Shutter Island, but as I typed it in "on the nature of daylight piano" popped up. When I saw the word "piano" something just snapped in my subconscious, and before I knew what happened, I had clicked on it. From this, I discovered that this song was also used in The Pianist, a movie that had come up in conversation just the other day. I watched some clips of the movie, and then thought to myself "I just really like Adrien Brody. Every movie he's in is SO good!" So I googled him, and found an interview in which the reporter was asking him ridiculous questions about the Oscars. When he received an Oscar for his role in The Pianist, he ran on stage and kissed Halle Berry, who was presenting. (The reporter wanted to know if Adrien would have kissed a man if he was presenting him with his Oscar.) After reading this, I thought "I didn't know that. I want to see this." So it was back to YouTube. I found a clip of this, and after watching it one or five times, I had my revelation.
Now. I know this all sounds unrelated, but let me assure you, IT IS. Only the last part is relevant to what I'm about to say, but you have to admit, that sequence of events is just ridiculous.
Anyway, when I watched Adrien Brody run up on stage and kiss Halle Berry after being presented with his Oscar, I thought "He has such passion for what he does. Why don't I have that passion for things in my life? I WANT that." I may not be an Oscar winning actress, but I can still have passion for the things I do have. Passion for Jesus, passion for my future, passion for my friendships, etc. etc.
So the basic point of this post, if there is one, is that I want to be passionate about life in general. We weren't put on this earth to live half-heartedly.
