Strength For the Journey

[CJ Brown]

I thought I would mention a movie I saw a few weeks. It is called "The Big Trail" and is available for free on youtube. It is originally a black and white movie but is also available as a colorized version. It is also one of the first movies to be filmed in wide screen format.

Anyway, I found it to be a truly fascinating glimpse into the pioneer migration from the East to California. There are some incredible scenes in this movie, along with some incredible scenery! The shear scale of some of the scenes involving humans and livestock are breathtaking, along with some of the incredible obstacles they faced on a trip with no roads or trails through the virgin wilderness for thousands of miles.

When you think life is hard today, just watch this movie and imagine you are amongst these families making their way West in search of a new life. Those were hard men and women!

 

[CrystalRiver1]

I thought I would mention a movie I saw a few weeks. It is called "The Big Trail" and is available for free on youtube. It is originally a black and white movie but is also available as a colorized version. It is also one of the first movies to be filmed in wide screen format.

Anyway, I found it to be a truly fascinating glimpse into the pioneer migration from the East to California. There are some incredible scenes in this movie, along with some incredible scenery! The shear scale of some of the scenes involving humans and livestock are breathtaking, along with some of the incredible obstacles they faced on a trip with no roads or trails through the virgin wilderness for thousands of miles.

When you think life is hard today, just watch this movie and imagine you are amongst these families making their way West in search of a new life. Those were hard men and women!

I appreciate it. I inherited a love of Westers & the outdoors from my Pops! I will check that out for sure. It just seems natural that by observing another person overcoming adversity it would strengthen our own resolve or faith so to speak.

 

[CJ Brown]

I appreciate it. I inherited a love of Westers & the outdoors from my Pops! I will check that out for sure. It just seems natural that by observing another person overcoming adversity it would strengthen our own resolve or faith so to speak.

If you are like me (sounds like you are) you will find it fascinating. There is a drama aspect to it, but a bigger historical documentary aspect to it that I found incredible. Hauling those Prairie Schooners across the country was a feat in itself, and the scenes in this movie will demonstrate that in sometimes breathtaking fashion. A movie like this could never be made today. It's just too realistic and that realism extends to the treatment and fate of the animals on the journey. It will give you a new appreciation for the soft life we live today.

 

[CrystalRiver1]

Become the greatest your bloodline has ever seen.
Then pass it down! #DestinyandLegacy

 

[CrystalRiver1]

Dear Lord,
Don't let me walk back into anything I had to pray my way out of.

 

[CrystalRiver1]

Ever notice when someone dislikes someone, nothing they do is ever satisfactory?
If they operate in greatness it is nit-picked, if they make a mistake they are crucified.

Dr. Myles Munroe once stated, "When a man is offended, he is not open to truth".
Listen, life is too short to be bitter or to allow people to live rent-free in your head!

Oftentimes our next level of peace involves overcoming personalities.

BTW...There is a crimson fountain filled with blood...

 

[CrystalRiver1]

 

[CrystalRiver1]

Also known as a "Frienaenemy!"

 

[Powerstroke Cowboy]

A man who has friends must himself be friendly, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

 

[CrystalRiver1]

A man who has friends must himself be friendly, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

This is a great reminder, it also brought back memories of an old Sam Cooke tune he sang with the Soul Stirrers entitled, "I Have A Friend Above All Others". Rare voice & gifting that man possessed... WOW! You don't hear singing like that too much nowadays...

 

[Powerstroke Cowboy]

This is a great reminder, it also brought back memories of an old Sam Cooke tune he sang with the Soul Stirrers entitled, "I Have A Friend Above All Others". Rare voice & gifting that man possessed... WOW! You don't hear singing like that too much nowadays...

Indeed it is. Came right out of Proverbs.

Sam puts his heart into singing.

 

[CrystalRiver1]

Indeed it is. Came right out of Proverbs.

Sam puts his heart into singing.

Facts indeed...quoted it on many occasions!
My 88 yr old Pops saw Sam sing Gospel and later when he went secular and started his own record label.
Tragic how he exited, yet we all have feet of clay...

 

[Powerstroke Cowboy]

Facts indeed...quoted it on many occasions!
My 88 yr old Pops saw Sam sing Gospel and later when he went secular and started his own record label.
Tragic how he exited, yet we all have feet of clay...

I had not known how he died till now. Still hard to know if how it happened is true. Sad either way. Life is short, eternity is forever. Live accordingly.

 

[CrystalRiver1]

There’s nothing to be learned from the second kick of a mule.
Mark Twain

 

[CrystalRiver1]

It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done. - Nelson Mandela

 

[CrystalRiver1]

 

[Powerstroke Cowboy]

Never argue with a fool, they'll bring you down to their level, and beat you with experience.

I think Mark Twain wrote that.

 

[CrystalRiver1]

 

[FergusonTO35]

There’s nothing to be learned from the second kick of a mule.
Mark Twain

What about the third, fourth, or fifth? That's when I usually learn my lesson!

 

[CrystalRiver1]

What about the third, fourth, or fifth? That's when I usually learn my lesson!

Same here! At times I've felt like the "President of the King of Pain Club!"