Here’s another edition of the Thursday Evening Post. 💮

I recently finished painting my Fire Prism for my Ynnari Warhammer army! 😃

This Fire Prism had been sitting on my painting desk waiting for me to finish it for months upon months. 🤣

It feels great to finish I task I had been putting off! 😋

Can you relate?

When I was listening to the radio the other day, the following song came on:

Lyrics:

… And I’d give up forever to touch you
‘Cause I know that you feel me somehow
You’re the closest to Heaven that I’ll ever be
And I don’t wanna go home right now
… And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
And sooner or later, it’s over
I just don’t wanna miss you tonight
… And I don’t want the world to see me
‘Cause I don’t think that they’d understand
When everything’s made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
… And you can’t fight the tears that ain’t coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything feels like the movies
Yeah, you bleed just to know you’re alive
… And I don’t want the world to see me
‘Cause I don’t think that they’d understand
When everything’s made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
… And I don’t want the world to see me
‘Cause I don’t think that they’d understand
When everything’s made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am

I remembered hearing this song A LOT growing up, and I had forgotten that the name of the song was “Iris”—not “I Don’t Want the World to See Me.” 🤓

Whenever I heard this song as a kid, I thought of the 1998 film City of Angels.

I remember how that movie made me cry SO MUCH when I first watched it! 😂

When I heard “Iris” the other day, I thought about City of Angels and how I will probably never watch that movie again because it made me so sad. 😆

Have you ever seen the film?

How did you like it?

I really enjoyed the show Brooklyn Nine-Nine—with Sergeant Holt (Andre Braugher) being my FAVORITE character! When I watched the first episode, I remember thinking, That actor looks so familiar. Who is he? After looking at his IMBd page, I learned that he was from City of Angels! 😋It’s so funny that I hadn’t seen that film since I was a kid, yet I recognized Braugher! 😄

Returning to the song “Iris,” I particularly love these lines:

When everything feels like the movies
Yeah, you bleed just to know you’re alive
… And I don’t want the world to see me
‘Cause I don’t think that they’d understand

Have you ever felt like this?

How often do you feel like you are able to live authentically?

How often do you feel that those around you are being their authentic selves?

Do you feel like societal pressures force people to act like who they are not and instead compartmentalize their true selves—as if we are all just playing a part in a movie?

May you courageously shine your light brightly and show the world who you are! ☀️

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