Life is an Occasion

I recently had the chance to sit down and watch a movie with my girls. Taylor wanted to see Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium. The movie stars Dustin Hoffman as Mr. Magorium, Jason Bateman as the accountant that Magorium refers to as Mutant, and Natalie Portman as Magorium's apprentice Mahoney.

In the movie, Mr. Magorium is to toys what Willy Wonka is to chocolate! Mr. Magorium decides that it is time for him to leave the store and this world. He claims to have lived over a 100 years. He plans on leaving the store to Mahoney. Mahoney is not at all excited about Mr. Magorium choosing to leave. She takes him out on the town to show him all the neat things he would miss if he was not around. During this adventure Mr. Magorium says a line that really speaks to me as a wife, mom, teacher, and friend. The quote is as follows....."Life is an occasion. So rise to it!
Wow! How powerful is that?? I hope to instill this philosophy on to my own personal children and also to the 16 minds of children that I teach daily.
Life really is an occasion!!!
We should:
RISE to the challenges,
RISE to the difficult situations that face us daily,
RISE to our full potential!

So whatever comes your way! Rise to it!