Crazy Heart
By Jason Glaze
Last Saturday night Kim and I watched the movie Crazy Heart. Crazy Heart is a story about a nearly washed up, alcoholic, country music singer whose name is Bad Blake played by Jeff Bridges. Bad Blake travels around playing gigs in run down bowling alleys and bars. In the first part of the movie my impression of the character is that he is a man waiting to die.
However, his life begins to look brighter as he falls in love with a woman who wants to interview him for a local column for her small town newspaper. He takes her out of dates and really begins to bond with her four year old son. But his alcoholism begins to hinder their relationship and as most of us know who struggle with addiction you can’t have your addiction and happiness at the same time, and the relationship comes crashing down.
At his lowest point, laying on his bed half dead he picks up the phone and calls his friend Wayne played by Robert Duvall and says the words that will alter his life forever. He says, ” I want to get sober.”
Sometimes we have to loose something or maybe even everything before we want to change. It doesn’t matter what your struggle is, ask yourself two questions. What have I lost? What am I at risk of loosing? Maybe you haven’t lost tangible things such as family, jobs etc.. But what about the non-tangibles? Peace, love, integrity, etc…. If you haven’t lost any of these things yet are you at risk of loosing them if you don’t change? Does the thought of loosing these things make you want to change?
I’ve heard it said that in order for people to change they must hit rock bottom and for some people that might be true. But picture yourself on and elevator that is on its way down to the bottom floor of life. You don’t have to wait until it hits bottom. You can get off the elevator now.
If you want to.
Peace,
Jason
Great stuff, Jason!
Thanks Dan.