I'm sure that many of you were not expecting to see a picture of Julia Louis-Dreyfus on my first post. Let me explain. Last night while thumbing through the old DVR for something to watch, I came across a show that Colleen and I enjoy watching called "The New Adventures of Old Christine". This show is about a divorced woman (Dreyfus) raising her son. Her ex-husband has started to date again and his new girlfriend is much younger and also named Christine. Therefore she is now "old Christine". The episodes themselves really have no social or redeeming value but Dreyfus was good on Seinfeld and she is very funny here also.
Anyway, the episode last night was about her son Ritchie being taken to church by his dad and new Christine without asking old Christine. Old Christine has a negative view toward organized religion so when she finds out she is upset. Of course the laughs ensue.
Here is where I want to focus. Old Christine is sitting in bed with her son and he starts to ask questions. The first being "What are we?". He goes on to state that one of his friends is Catholic and another Jewish but he had no answer. His mother had no clue what to say so she says we are American, Californian............... And a few meaningless others. Then he asked her "What do we believe in?". She stammers and says recycling.
My question to you is what are you and what do you believe in? Have you ever sat down and answered those questions? Do you really know what you are? The better question maybe is "who are you?" Christine would have probably answered that question with mother, successful business woman or maybe even good friend,who knows, but all of her answers are ones that fade and upon death will only be memories.
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