"Salmon Fishing in the Yemen" is not as unlikely as it seems

As summer generally goes, there is little movie watching going on at our house. I do admit, we have seen all the summer blockbusters at the theater...it's the television that has been getting a good long rest during the warm months as we are busy outside indulgening in the long days and loads of sunlight. As such, I thought an eight month break in blogging was extrememly unacceptable, and it was time to get back to my project of moving watching as a hobby. I know, some people doing flower arranging and model building, but taking in a good story with all the drama that comes with the big screen has been my favorite since the first time I can remember going to the theater as a child. It was "Snow White," I believe, the original Disney version which was my first. After that, it was "Star Wars" with my brother sitting in the back of my grandmother's borrowed stationwagon at the drive-in with my parents. 

So, tonight I decided it was time to warm up the set and watch a movie: "Salmon Fishing in The Yemen." I know that it's not on the AFI Top 100 Movie List, but I wanted to start small and work my way back into the project :) As luck would have it, it was a delightful movie with excellent performances from Emily Blunt and Ewan McGregor (always a favorite of mine). 

It is a story of the impossible becoming possible, both with the fish and with life. What seems unreal is real. What is real is not really once you take a closer look at it. It is also the story of faith. Faith in God. Faith in humanity. Faith in each other. 

It moved me to think about my own life and the impossibilities I find there. Recently, I took a new position at a local college. I was asked to build a building which many had come to believe was an impossible task. As I look at this movie, and what it tells me about faith and belief and doing something real, I am moved by it. Thank you Emily. Thank you Ewan.

"Salmon Fishing" is this movie lover's summertime inspiration and hope that she can build something that until now has been merely a dream.