Still There

This was not the post that was intended for today, that can wait, but this one, well it just felt right to do it now.

After a day of hearing stories about how a friend came out and love and support (while a little misguided) and effort his step mother made to understand more and show him how much she loved and accepted him,  and talking with people on another type of life journey, that of sobriety one thing stood out,  how important letting people know that you support them, that you continue to support them and what them to find that peace, that joy, that goal that is they're journey.

It doesn't matter what the journey is, it is letting them know,  letting them know you're thinking about them, that even if they slip backwards, slow down or steam ahead, that you are still in their corner and that they to find that truth, that life, that peace they seek.

Sometimes when those in a journey think that no one is interested anymore, or cares that they succeed, because no one has mentioned anything in a while.  They can use that as an excuse to continue to move forward.

People are still here, still want you move forward, still want you get there.

It isn't easy, there are times that go off the path, but the goal is there.  You've taken starts and stops,  just know that there are people who are in your corner.

Fences or Freedom?

Not the typical picture you think of when you think of Brokeback, but one that captures more than the scene.

For many Brokeback was what brought them to become Jake fans. His performance as Jack Twist was done with such open honest emotion how could people not be drawn to him. Looking back now there is so much more that was happening in his real life that that helped mold his role on screen . Reflecting on it now you can see how much Jake was trying to say in his interviews and awards.

Brokeback was not just an artistic journey but personal one for Jake. A different journey than any other movie he had done up until then and will do in the future. The months proceeding and following its opening showed Jake at his happiest it seems. There was a sense of freedom in his life. For that brief time in early 2006 was when he felt he could share more than ever, even with more eyes than ever turned on him.

Now it seems the fences have been put up. Trying to corral him in. Will there ever be that freedom again?