films and glorious imperfections

As well as books I'd like to read, there are films I'd like to watch. I must be getting old cos there's some I'd like to re-watch (I used to say life was too short to watch the same film/TV episode more than once). The other day the coach driver mentioned Nuns on the Run, which I remember laughing out loud at, and I have that on DVD so might dig that out for a giggle soon. And, as my ex was writing his PhD on German films, there's some of those that I'd like to see again. Run Lola Run has a great soundtrack, and again one of those themes I'm drawn to, of replaying life to see what would be different this time. Just like last week's example of an affair - I could never have an affair as I wear my feelings on my sleeve so readily, I couldn't keep it secret - I'm unlikely to be involved with the criminal underworld. These stories mainly have a dramatic setting - tho Sliding Doors, with its simple missing one train to catch another just a few minutes later utilised a tiny change to show the same concept of showing different options in parallel. That's what's hard about real life - there's just this one shot at it. I suspect it's the perfectionist in me, wanting to live life Groundhog Day style so that I can Get It Right. Sometimes I struggle to trust that everything I do is good enough and I don't need to keep toiling at improvements. Not wanting to look back and wish I'd done even a tiny thing dfferenlty. What appealed about the book I'm still looking out for, is the outcome that in both versions, good and bad happened in similar measure- resisting the affair didn't result in a life of unmitigated happiness; embarking on it didn't result in just joy or pain either. Whichever choices we make, there are always going to be delight and disasters. We can muck things up and things can still come right, we can keep looking for the love no matter what happens.

And now I've just read this:
"Divine perfection is, in fact, the ability to recognize, forgive, and include imperfection! Just as God does with all of us. Only in this way can we find the beautiful and hidden wholeness of God underneath the passing human show."
http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Richard-Rohr-s-Meditation--Perfection-Is-Precisely-the-Ability-to-Include-Imperfection.html?soid=1103098668616&aid=SsC52P5Wk8Q

Back to the films I'd like to re-watch and there's also Wings of Desire and Faraway So Close. I like the title track of the latter, but in typing Nick Cave into spotify in a (failed) attempt to find it, I wrote Nick Cake - it was definitely a cake-filled evening.
I'm not yet sure what today's birthday will hold - tiredness may dictate the plans. Can you tell I fancy a snuggle on the sofa watching some films, rather than the proposed clothes shop?! Here's a big hug for you and all that you do today {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{you}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}