The Unreasonable Man or Woman....

Hi Julie!

> There you go again, Dien! Tempting me to
> remember fondly one of personal favorite
> articles.....

It's nice to be the tempter, since I'm often the temptee! ;)

Is temptee a word.... I'm not sure....

Shakespeare made up his own words -- he was being unreasonable!

I found a list of words which Shakespeare made up.... Apparently, he made up over 1700 words! Words like advertising, amazement, arouse, bedroom, blushing, champion, courtship.... (and many more) -- all invented by Shakespeare!

Hmmm.... I guess that helps to show the value of being unreasonable!

But I've gone off on a tangent (again).... :)

> when you wrote this Shaw
> quote....I was taken back to last summer
> when I saw the movie, Chicken Run.

> Have you seen it?

YES! It's a great movie!

> Mel Gibson's voice is in
> it (its animated). I went grudgingly, I
> thought it was a silly way to spend 4.50 for
> the bargain matinee.....and when I came out
> I realized that my reasonableness might have
> kept me from becoming inspired.....

> Here is what I saw.....

Thanks Julie! I LOVED Chicken Run! I thought it was hilarious and also inspiring too!

You're right about Ginger, she's a real unreasonable chicken, yet they wouldn't have flown the coop if it wasn't for her unreasonableness....

I LOVE this example, Julie! Thank you for sharing it (and for bringing up some happy memories).... :)

It's a wonderful film! :)

> Ginger, like French Playwright Jean Anouilh,
> knew what it meant
> "To say yes, you have to sweat and roll
> up your sleeves and
> plunge both hands into life up to the
> elbows. It's easy to say no,
> even if it means dying."

> Say Yes. Its a one in a million chance. Yes!

YES, Julie, thank you!

I loved what you wrote, it was SO VERY true!

Hmmm.... Chicken Run could be seen as a metaphor for life....

We often are locked up in a chicken coop, which could represent whatever it is we feel TRAPPED in! Being trapped like this could mean certain death!

Yet, it takes courage and dogged persistence to find a way out of the coop.... BUT if you stick with it, and don't give up, then you CAN escape! Just like Ginger and her friends were able to, to find chicken paradise.... :)

Hmmm.... I think I understand Chicken Run now.... It was a film about the keys to success!

Thanks Julie, I LOVED your post! :)

- Dien