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Raoul’s Two Cents: March 22, 2024<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Hope Gap<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

My wife and I watched a beautiful movie about the struggles of married life. It\u2019s not a new movie; I’m surprised I never heard of it before \u2026 maybe because it was made in 2019 and it got lost during the start of the pandemic. It was written and directed by William Nicholson. It\u2019s called Hope Gap featuring Annette Benning, Bill Knighy and Josh O\u2019 Conner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you like the poetry of Robert Frost, you\u2019ll like this one. It has so many quotable lines that hit home to reality. It\u2019s British, so relish in the British pace of story-telling. (As of this writing, it is FREE to stream with Roku on the Tubi.TV<\/a> channel here in the USA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So what do you do when the love is gone? Do you walk away from 29 years of marriage? When loneliness sets in, when an accident leaves your loved one a quadriplegic, when your child is born with abnormalities, when your spouse is a narcissist or even a psychopath, when the dementia and the soiled bed sheets become an endless carousel of one-sided endurance \u2026 is it time to climb down the mountain?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We celebrate the heroism of those who tap into their inner strengths and succeed; but what about those who fail? Don’t they deserve a medal for trying their best? Who are we to judge the decisions of those who could bear it no longer?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do we stick to the marriage at all cost? Unless there is great danger, physical or verbal abuse or infidelity, Biblical scholars say we should endure. If we divorce, the fine line says we should never remarry. Do you agree with this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many times our loved ones respect us too much to interfere with our decisions. And yet we forget they too struggle in the shadows around our spotlight. When we are deep in our pain, we can be so selfish at times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The movie reminded me of my own folks. To this day I wonder if my parents would approve of some of the decisions I make. They have already passed away but often they visit in my dreams. They have shaped many of my attitudes towards life. I’m sure your parents have influenced your values as well. Some of us are products of difficult parents and I sympathize with their struggles to normality. A psychologist friend of mine who grew up with an abusive Dad; claims he was raised by wolves and, even though he understands his trauma, the permanent scars are still there to haunt him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the news this week, a couple went to the beach with their children. They brought some liquor and they got so drunk they passed out. When the police woke them up, their children were nowhere to be found. In another news a mother went on a 10 day vacation \u2026 leaving her 1 year old baby to starve to death. In her defense, the mother said she was too depressed and needed to get away. Oh, the crazy things we do. Sure; we live in a free society \u2026 a society where we are free to be stupid I guess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The movie presents the struggles of everyday life. It does not dictate what we should do but it merely shows how this family coped. It leaves us pondering our own circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TGIF people!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raoul<\/p>\n\n\n\n

” For his anger lasts only a moment,
but his favor lasts a lifetime;
weeping may stay for the night,
but rejoicing comes in the morning.”<\/em> — Psalm 30:5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“And if you are married, stay married. This is the Master\u2019s command, not mine. If a wife should leave her husband, she must either remain single or else come back and make things right with him. And a husband has no right to get rid of his wife.”<\/em> — 1 Corinthians 7:10-11<\/p>\n\n\n\n

JOKE OF THE WEEK<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to Tom of Pasadena, CA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Original art by Raoul Pascual.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Parting Shots<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to Art of Sierra Madre, CA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thanks to Drew of Anaheim, CA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thanks to Tom of Pasadena, CA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My good friend (and jokester) Terry and I came up with this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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