Restoring A Mustang
Posted by Dr. RusJun 4
Welcome to Watercooler Wednesday! This post is taking part in Randy’s weekly watercooler gathering.
So, the subject for today from the Cultural Watercooler is My Life List. One of the first things I thought of was the Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman movie, The Bucket List. It’s a fun movie about two old men, one a millionaire, one not, who discover they’re both dying of cancer. They decide to write up a list of things they’d like to do before they kick the bucket. It’s humorous, it’s fun, and there are also a few lessons along the way too. It’s a pretty good movie. With that in mind, and with the idea of a life list in mind, here I am writing not a whole list, but just about one thing on my life list. (Randy, thanks so much for not asking us to write up a huge list!)
I use to say one of the items on my life list was to own a Mustang. As long as I can remember, I’ve always liked Mustangs. I almost bought one when we were newly married, but it just wasn’t the smart thing to do. From then on, my wife and I always talked about getting a Mustang for my 45th birthday. Well, that happened last year! We were actually shopping for a car to replace my wife’s aging car. When we couldn’t find anything she really liked, she said, “Well honey, we always said you could get your Mustang when you turned 45. Let’s go look for one.” We found one — a 1998 Mustang GT — I named her Stella.
So, if I’m listing life list ideas, I guess one of the items on the list; Own a Mustang, is crossed off.
Next on the list; Restore a Mustang.
Now I have to admit I’m not much of a mechanic. Okay, I’ll be honest, I’m not any kind of a mechanic, but I’ve always thought it would be cool to restore an old Mustang. I guess in order to work on this life list entry I would also have to find a friend to help me along the way. Restoring a Mustang would also help me appreciate the care the Creator takes in restoring broken lives, or even finding new life in one that’s lived a hard life along the way.
In other words, no matter how old you are, with the right touch and the right tools, restoration is always possible.
A Fellow Sojourner,
Dr. Rus
One comment
Comment by marina on June 4, 2008 at 4:48 pm
Nice analogy. I pulled up beside an orange mustang last week – it was so cool – top was down, cool looking guy driving it. We sat at a long, red light together. I happened to notice some rust on a fender and a few dings here and there along the side of the car. I actually thought that the imperfections made the car seem even more cool than if it was totally glammed out. Made the car seem real, and like it wasn’t just locked away in a sterile garage for the past 40 years. It’s been driven, loved, appreciated, maybe beat up a little bit. And it’s still a stunning car. But it has developed character. And that character is totally unique to that particular car.