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Archive | December, 2011
It’s All About (Unconditional) Love
My cousin Neal sends out weekly inspirational emails about faith, community and devotion. I really look forward to these emails, because like most people I don’t spend enough time reading my Bible or praying, or even just thinking about others, and not about myself and what I want/need/am trying to do in my everyday life. Last weeks email was titled “Love Builds” and he spoke in depth about the following verse…
1 Corinthians 8:1&2
Knowledge puffs up (makes arrogant), but love builds up (edifies). The man who thinks he knows, doesn’t quite know as he ought to know.
In his email Neal pointed out that we live in a knowledge driven society, which is good, but we sadly do not put enough emphasis on the importance of love… “Knowledge is good, but love is essential. If you think you know it all, but don’t truly love, then you’ve missed the most important thing you should have learned, love is the beginning and end of all things. Get smart, but don’t think you’re smart, because the second you do, you slip from smart to stupid. Get love, and lot’s of it, because love is the greatest thing of all. It builds you up, your neighbor up and the world up.”
I want to add that we need to try harder to practice unconditional love. But what does that mean? To me it means loving people in spite of themselves. I don’t mean let people walk all over you or take you for-granted or treat you like crap, actually I mean do the opposite. True, unconditional love gives you the ability to call people on their $hit, and ask the “hard questions” (as my step-dad says), even if you know you aren’t going to like the answers, because if you don’t ask, who will?
And unconditional love allows you to love someone in spite of their ability to love you back. It allows your love to be based solely on your own ability to love someone for who they are, regardless of how they feel about you. And that, to me, is a beautiful thing.
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Debbie Reynolds: The Auction Part II
In 1972 my grandma, Debbie Reynolds, formed the Hollywood Motion Picture Museum, a 501c3 nonprofit corporation, containing the largest collection of Hollywood movie memorabilia in the world. She assembled this collection from all the major studios over the last thirty years & is considered one of the most knowledgeable collectors in the field. The Collection includes almost every Academy Award winning film and star from the Silent Era forward through the late 1970′s.
The collection is so large and comprehensive that the public auction of it has been in progress over the last 2 years, ending with part II of the auction tomorrow in Beverly Hills, which will feature over 430 lots altogether including four Marilyn Monroe costumes from Gentlemen Prefer Blonds, Bus Stop, Niagara & Let’s Make Love. Don’t miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to purchase pieces of priceless Hollywood History. The breakup of this amazing collection will surely be remembered as one of the greatest tragedies in American film history, but we are hopeful that these one of a kind pieces will be purchased by those passionate about preserving them as my grandma did for so many years.
For details on the auction, information on the items for sale and how to register see www.hmpc.tv.
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