Well, didn't Mrs. Doubtfire just take liberties all over the place.
Last night we watched (apparently for the third or fourth time) one of my favorite movies, and after what's happened today in my little world, I got to thinking.
Uh oh, you say? Does it seem to you that Daniel, being who he was all that time, didn't really know what others were thinking about him and was pretty oblivious to the effect his (mis)behaviors were having on his life and loved ones? Then, when it all got turned upside down he transformed himself on the outside in order to preserve his relationship with his children and become a new and improved version of himself on the inside. What others thought of him wasn't really entirely true, but he turned the pain of being told off, having his marriage end and his life go to pieces into something positive. He gained some insight by basically eavesdropping on his own life when he/she had a cuppa with his ex-wife. That must have been devastating, but he took it and processed it in his way.
I'm kinda thinking that what he heard about himself may or may not have been true--that's not the important part. It's that he was able to hang on to some self respect and be thankful he was who he was, inside. He held himself together and created a new (though temporary) persona in order to fight for who he wanted to be, and that was who he had been in the first place: the father of his children. The new and improved version.
I don't know why I'm saying this, but it just occurred to me that sometimes we think we're giving one impression and it just so happens that it's not the one we intended to give. I can mean for someone to believe one thing about me and think I'm totally on point and then find out that they haven't gotten that impression at all. For whatever reason, they're thinking something totally different about me....perhaps due to their own prejudices or expectations or doubts and fears.
Sometimes you just can't win for losing, but if you can find something in yourself for which to be thankful at least you'll have a fighting chance at turning out to be who you meant to be tomorrow.
Go ahead and *Carpe Diem... seize the day*
if tomorrow ever comes, that is....
Shawn
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