BEING THERE

CHANCE'S GARDEN,

"all is well - and all will be well - in the garden"

"LIFE IS A STATE OF MIND"

MY FAVORITE MOVIE OF ALL TIME IS "BEING THERE", IT TOUCHED ME AS A YOUNG WOMAN BECAUSE IT WAS MORE THAN JUST A MOVIE ABOUT A MAN WHO GOES FROM THE ANONYMITY OF A SIMPLE MINDED GARDENER IN A HOUSEHOLD WHERE HE WAS RAISED BY A MAN WE MAY ASSUME WAS HIS FATHER, TO THE VERY TOP OF THE POLITICAL AND WEALTHY WORLD OF THE POWERFUL.

IT IS ABOUT THE INNOCENCE OF A CHILD, THE PURITY OF SOUL FOUND ONLY IN THE MINDS AND HEARTS OF PEOPLE NOT YET TOUCHED BY GREED OR CORRUPTION.

CHANCY GARDNER IS AS NEAR TO A CHRIST LIKE FIGURE AS A MORTAL CAN BE. HIS LIFE, HIS DESIRES ARE ONLY "TO SERVE IN THE GARDEN.'

DID YOU THINK THAT YOU COULD ENTER MY WORLD, YOU OF SO LITTLE FAITH

YOU WHO HAVE NEVER FELT THE SORROW OF A BIRD'S FIRST FLIGHT; OR REACHED OUT TO TOUCH A MAGIC STAR.

THE EMPTY SHALLOW EXISTENCE THAT BURIES YOU BEFORE YOUR TIME WILL NEVER TOUCH THE PURE OF HEART,YOU WILL NEVER HEAR THE MUSIC HE ALONE CAN HEAR.

GO YOUR WAY AND LEAVE US, FOR YOU DO NOT BELONG IN THIS PLACE OF PURITY WHERE ANGELS DWELL.

ELAINE L. SCHULZ