{"id":6649,"date":"2024-08-14T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writtenbymurphy.com\/wonderblog\/?p=6649"},"modified":"2024-08-13T16:01:03","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T23:01:03","slug":"remembering-the-trick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/writtenbymurphy.com\/wonderblog\/2024\/08\/remembering-the-trick\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering the trick"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One of the things Chris brought into my life was old movies. He took me to a theater nearby that showed classic movies to see Lawrence of Arabia<\/em>. Since I grew up largely without a TV and almost no movies, he was happy to show me these works of art. It made a big impression on me, and I remembered the experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week our now local theater had a special showing of that same movie and we went to see it\u2014this time with 15 year old Veronica. A four hour movie with intermission is not part of modern life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chris asked Veronica to look for how Lawrence changed throughout the movie. I saw him as a romantic idealist and was so hard on himself in the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And by the end so much had changed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The film is known for having a lot of space in the scenes. This space gave me room to reflect on myself too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So much has changed for me between the time I first saw the film with Chris and this second time. More than twenty years for me and the territory of my life is changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawrence\u2019s influence changed the land that he involved himself in. It\u2019s changed to this day, and history has moved significantly because of what he did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These twenty years of my life have seen a lot of change. I was more of an idealist then as well. I admire how hard Lawrence went after his goal. I have chased my own as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can see that for him, those goals and ideals were so shiny and pure in the distance. I remember what I thought my goals would be before I achieved them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He had changed so much of Arabia. And it was not as shiny and pure as he hoped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was a lot I didn\u2019t know the first time I saw that movie. I\u2019ve covered a lot of ground between then and now. There is still a lot of path ahead. It very well could be difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What I remember from the movie is this dialogue and the start. Lawrence makes a point of putting out the match with his bare fingers. His fellow soldier tries it, and declares \u201cOoh! It damn well ‘urts!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawrence gives him a cool look and replies, \u201cCertainly it hurts.
The trick, William Potter, is not minding that it hurts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I took that in  when I heard it the first time. Life can hit with stuff that hurts. I\u2019ll make it a point not to mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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