For Your Eyes Only

For Your Eyes Only is the name of one of many Bond flicks and I have to admit that I am a Bond fan. I don't watch them a lot any more, but I still enjoy them.

One of the many reasons that I like James Bond movies is the many world wide locations that they film. They really go all over the world and have some fantastic scenery.

If I know it's on, I will watch the end of For Your Eyes Only just to see the monastery at the top of the huge rock which is where Bond has his final conflict with the villains and saves the day as usual.

This particular monastery sits on top of a huge rock and the only way in and out is by an ancient hand operated elevator. The ride up and down this elevator could be scary but this monastery is so incredibly beautiful that I long to see it in real life.

The life of of these monks in a monastery kind of appeals to me.

It's a simple life. No deadlines, no stress, no unhappy customers and seeking God.

I am obviously not going to join a monastery and will continue my life as is for now. Also, the life of a monk is probably not as easy as it seems.

But, the simple life is very appealing to me.

Some day I want to quit what I am doing and move off somewhere that gets a lot of rain. I want to have a huge garden with enough to feed myself and my entire family.

I want my biggest stresses to be when the crops are coming up or getting the crop picked at the right time.

Or, keeping the deer out of my garden. The simple life would be a nice way to live in my opinion.

In these times, we put way too much pressure on ourselves to have more. We often want to keep up with the Joneses and want all the material goods we can get.

In the meantime, we are killing ourselves off with the stress that we put on ourselves. I am as quality as anyone and put myself in my current situation because I wanted more.

I learned my lesson.

Now, I strive for a simple life