Lessons from Walter

Lately I have been feeling pretty boring. Sometimes life feels like the wind. It just moves past you all the while you just disregard it. We never take a moment to think about the wind, what does it tell us about the day, the weather, the time, etc... It's the same as I feel about life. It just moves by and I don't stop to think about what it means,

and I never live it to the fullest.

My parents and I were watching The Secret Life of Walter Mitty tonight. The new version with Ben Stiller. You know the one with the main character played by Ben Stiller? and the Director... Ben Stiller? and, no wait, the famous producer... Ben Stiller? 
In between dry spouts of humor the main theme of the movie bled through the screen and into my consciousness and fed off the void of feeling in life.

I need to take life to the fullest too. To take life to the threshold, and even if I can't travel to far off rugged mountains, and I can feel each moment.

A long time ago my grandmother was married to this douchebag of a guy. They ended up getting divorced but it caused a break between friends. My grandmother and the sister of this guy. Just recently, 40 + years after the fact we moved within 2 hours from this Lady. We didn't know she was around, but my grandmother came for a visit and our families re-connected.

I was unable to attend the event, but today I got to meet her.

We just went to a state part and talked about her family history in the state of Texas. She comes from a long line of Thoroughbred Texans and has very strong roots to the area.

She also remembers going to school during segregation. She remembers the history I learned in elementary school.

It's interesting that nothing super notable happened, but at the same time, each small moment is how history is made.