Bravery is all relative

Jane very professionally places the Croque-Monsieurs onto two 

waiting plates, adds some salad on the side.  Adam stands 

nearby with a glass of wine, jacket off. * 

  

ADAM 

That looks amazing.  

JANE 

It’s called a croque-monsieur. It’s 

one of the first things I learned 

to make when I lived in Paris 

because the ingredients are really  

really cheap. 

ADAM 

When did you live in Paris? 

JANE 

In my early twenties. I went there 

to take a six day pastry class and 

ended up staying a year working as 

an apprentice in a baker y. 

What is not shown on this screenplay is that Adam next says to Jane, "Wow. You're really brave." 

Hm... this obviously does something to me for me to be almost in tears at Barnes & Noble while typing all of that. 

I love hearing Steve Martin (Adam) telling Meryl Streep (Jane) that she is so brave for going and living in a foreign land for however long. That is wonderful, and that was so brave of her to do that. 

Now, if someone were to tell me that (and many people have) i would just brush it off with a simple thank you, knowing that deep down inside it really wasnt all that brave. When i lived in Ireland & Alaska i never had a second thought about it. I just figured that I needed to take the chance set before me, and go. Never once did i, or do i now, think that those instances were extremely brave. They were what i did at that time.

Now some of you are immediately thinking of the comment that you will be posting after this because no, i was completely brave. I understand and i say thank you, but its really not necessary. 

There are many things that other people consider easy or brave. Some people view being able to drive in the cities as easy. I thought i was brave to just be able to drive to the airport and back! Some people may think nothing of letting people in on their life. I think long and hard about every single blog post keeping in mind who will be reading this. I dont want everyone i know in on every single part of my life for fear of judgment. Some people may think that my going and living in another country is brave... i thought of it as something that i just needed to take advantage of and go do...

Im not sure what im trying to say or convey here, if anything. Im just letting my mind and thoughts wander, and fall in place wherever they may. I think im going to classify this as a sounding board post. Somewhere that i can come back to and think about it again...

So, here i go. Off to do bigger and braver things. 

Courageously saying that i dont think that i am the bravest person in the world,

Lauren

ps: the first few lines are from the movie "It's Complicated"