Sunday Supplement #139 (January 7th, 2024)
Below is another Sunday Supplement with a quote worth sharing, a book worth reading, a movie worth watching, brainfood worth consuming, and a spiritual passage worth pondering.
Please take something away from these recommendations that enriches your week ahead!
Quote of the Week:
“Enjoy the journey and try to get better every day. And don’t lose the passion and the love for what you do.”
– Nadia Comăneci
Book of the Week:
The Dark Tower Series – Stephen King
If you’re new to my blog, you might not have seen me feature Stephen King before. For those who have read the blog consistently, I apologize for another Stephen King entry.
I’ve featured eight Stephen King books before this, but The Dark Tower Series was the start of my reading King’s works. They are arguably his magnum opus, and many of his other stories tie into the world of The Dark Tower.
Roland Deschain, a member of a knightly order known as “gunslingers” and the last of the line of “Arthur Eld” (his world’s analogue of King Arthur), attempts to seek the Man in Black in a world that has “moved on.”
Roland’s journey crosses over many worlds, including our own. The tale blends dark fantasy, science fiction, western, and horror genres.
There’s no easy way to describe The Dark Tower in short, which is surprisingly one of his lesser-read works. I believe it to be his best writing and can’t recommend it more highly.
Give the series a try (read at least the first two books). King spent over thirty years completing the series, which should show how important it was to him.
Movie of the Week:
Stephen Hawking was a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who was the director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge.
The Theory of Everything is a 2014 film that captures Hawking and his wife, Jane Wilde’s relationship, as they met at University in the 1960s through their struggle with Hawking’s diagnosis of motor neuron disease.
Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones star as Stephen Hawkins and Jane Wilde. Redmayne won the Oscar for Best Actor, and Jones was nominated for Best Actress.
The film was nominated for three additional Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay.
Anthony McCarten adapted the script from Jane Hawking’s novel Traveling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen. It’s a powerful story and beautifully captured in the 2014 film.
Brainfood of the Week:
Playfulness and Passion | Sadhguru
Sadhguru is an Indian yogi and bestselling author. His YouTube page has over 11 million followers and over 1.5 billion video views.
Sadhguru begins the video by talking about how playfulness can often be frowned upon as childish. He then explains how being too serious makes everything about you.
Approaching problems with a sense of playfulness will also help you not get overwhelmed by the difficulties you encounter. By being playful, you are not becoming entangled in the problem.
At the end of the video, Sadhguru talks about passion and being consumed by it. He discusses how burning passion opens up new possibilities.
I’ve featured Sadhguru in a few previous Sunday Supplements. If you like this video, check the other posts out.
Closing Spiritual Passage:
“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
– Matthew 6:21
This Bible passage from the Book of Matthew discusses how we shouldn’t store our treasures on earth but should store them in heaven. It then states the verse above.
I believe this verse speaks to the passions and love we have in our lives.
Whether toward the ones we love or our pursuits of meaningful achievements, the treasures should be in the doing and not tied to the outcomes.
As I’m starting my 2024 journey, I’m focusing on bringing as much love to the people in my life and my passions as possible.
Bring love and passion to the treasures of your life, and have a blessed week ahead!