A Weary World
A few days ago I was passing through the living room where the television had been left on. Willy Wonka was on and it was getting close to the end. It was right where Willy Wonka was about to say “I SAID GOOD DAY!” I had to stop and watch that bit. After this I started to walk away as Charlie lays the Everlasting Gobstopper on Willy Wonka’s desk, or half desk really. Then, as Wonka places his and over it, he says to himself: “So shines a good deed in a weary world” did not remember that line but it stopped me.
A weary world.
Exactly that. I, and I’m sure millions of others, are just weary. Just want everything to stop. Just for a minute. I’m tempted to try and cut off my connections to the outside world and just pretend. In the meantime, while I resist that temptation, try to remember just how much illumination the smallest of good deeds give off in this weary world and see if there aren’t some I’m able to do.
FYI I sent this out to my famlist today. Thank you……
By way of background; Casey Fleser [https://www.somegeekintn.com/blog/] goes by the handle SGnTN (Some Geek in Tennessee) is a fellow researcher into the TATE family line, and a capable IT maven. Recently he wrote in his blog about an uplifting thought he had when he heard a line from the movie Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.
“A few days ago I was passing through the living room where the television had been left on. Willy Wonka was on and it was getting close to the end. It was right where Willy Wonka was about to say “I SAID GOOD DAY!†so I had to stop and watch that bit. After this I started to walk away as Charlie lays the Everlasting Gobstopper on Willy Wonka’s desk, or half desk really. Then, as Wonka places his hand over it, he says to himself: “So shines a good deed in a weary worldâ€. I did not remember that line but it stopped me.”
“A weary world. Exactly that. I, and I’m sure millions of others, are just weary. Just want everything to stop. Just for a minute. I’m tempted to try and cut off my connections to the outside world and just pretend. In the meantime, while I resist that temptation, try to remember just how much illumination the smallest of good deeds give off in this weary world and see if there aren’t some I’m able to do.” –SGnTN Some Geek in Tennessee
Thanks, Casey. A distant cousin did me a real nice good deed today. I can appreciate your observation. Just stop and have a chocolate- it would be good for you. -TATE
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