Me and Sandra

John and I went and saw the movie The Blind Side last week staring Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw. They are a married couple who adopt a neglected kid who ends up becoming a football great. It was a really good movie in a lot of ways.

Of course I like Sandra Bullock in just about anything. I actually believe that she and I would be great friends if we met in real life. She seems wholesome and normal. I'm not really sure how her motorcycle chopper husband fits into our friendship scenario, so I prefer to pretend that we are friends and she isn't married.

Anyways, the movie was also really good because it was thought provoking in a self-improvement kind of way. It makes you want to take a look at your life and see how you are impacting people...not just your own family.

Would I take in a homeless person? Probably not, unless they really liked to babysit. But how much time do I spend thinking about improving other people's lives? Do my kids realize how lucky they are to be living the kind of life that we live? Do I realize how small my problems are in the scheme of things? Am I doing anything to help?

What can I do to make somebody's life better in 2010? I haven't figured it out yet, but I am working on it. It is one of my New Year's resolutions... that and spending more time with my good friend Sandra.