Polar Express ...

Yup, I watched this movie on a hot July day!!!! and it is a Christmas movie. I rate this movie a 10.

My mother bought the movie to watch with her grandkids, but felt mislead. 'The movie is about believing in Santa Clause,' she said.

Then I told her my take on the movie. Sure, there was a Santa Clause in the movie, but it was more about your journey. Each child that got on the Polar Express had a unique journey. The punching ot the ticket was uniquely theirs. That was pretty funny in itself! The ticket was punched at the beginning of their journey and it was a bit cryptic but at the end of the journey a whole word was punched out on their ticket. Learn for one, Lead for another, and Believe for the main character. Isn't that true for each one of us? Our lives circle around and around a particuliar design.

The movie wasn't about the gift getting even though gifts was apart of it. The boy from the other side of the tracks who never had Christmas at his house received a gift. You felt the tears well up inside as he clung to that gift. You know he treasured the receiving.

How often do we adults give up on this life we have? We lost the joy and delight. We trudge through our God-Given life as with lead boots! It is a privilege to receive this life and live out its adventure!

Mom is going to rewatch this movie with new eyes... she is beginning to see the journey part peek out around Santa Clause.

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