” James Bond 007″

Not The Only One!
Post # 113
31 Dec. 23
” James Bond 007″
Howdy!,
Welcome aboard and let’s see what detour my brain can take us on today. I’m not sure how you guys feel about The Bond franchise, but in years gone by, I have greatly been a fan. Over the last few films, the producers have gotten away from the things that made it a classic original. I think that Bond has become softer and gentler, in an attempt to be more politically correct and more inclusive. The franchise has injected gay characters, made Bond less of a ladies man , cut down on the amazing gadgets, and just made the Bond character much more touchy Feely. Bond was known for a great openings that were usually the climax of the previous mission that he was on, and then it rolled into whatever the new thing was going to be. I think as they attempt to bring in a broader and more diverse set of viewers, that they alienate the old timers like myself, who had become accustomed to a formula that worked time and time again. The series included some of the most striking beauties that had ever graced Hollywood and they became known as the coveted ” Bond Girls”. They were often in bikinis or some other scantily dressed outfit that showed off their figures, and gave the lure of amazing sex appeal. Some of the earlier Bond women, became known as their best roles , and sometimes had issues of trying to escape the Bond stereotypes. Still there were others, who were new faces, and the films help to build their careers.
The movies, were so much more than just beautiful women and gadgets. The franchise was also known for some of the most luxurious sports cars that anyone ever had the pleasure to plop their butts in. Yes, fast cars and fast women, was that it? No !, not so much ! The Bond series was also known for some of the most haunting and alluring original soundtracks and scores, again sung by an A list of who’s who in the music industry , from the Beatles, to Carly Simon and Adele, just to name a few. Many of the songs from the movies went on to be number ones on the pop charts and went on to become classics themselves. It would almost be inexcusable to talk about 007, without mentioning the sometimes fantastic performances given by the villains. I was watching a clip off of SNL , a little while back and they did a spoof piece on the Bond villains and joked about how they would always divulge their entire evil schemes to Bond in great detail almost as if he was MacGyver, or a member of a seal team, and you could almost see the steam coming off of Bonds brain as he was feverishly working the problem to have a solution to save the day or the world, let’s not cut Bond short ☺️☺️. The villains usually had some dastardly plan to take over the world, or to cause some harm that couldn’t be tolerated if the world was going to survive.
I almost feel as if I’m getting a head of myself, probably a little caught up in the excitement ☺️☺️. The James Bond 007 character was created by a man named Ian Fleming, back in 1953. I believe that he had served in World War II. Having being a first hand witness of war and destruction done to England in the war. I think his thought process was wouldn’t it be great if there was a champion who could do undercover work and some how prevent or avert a world war with so much death and collateral damage. I think it was a little bit of a Gladiator mentality with finesse and class. So , out of that we got a super hero in the form of a spy, who was most comfortable and best known for being in a tuxedo, and a Martini , shaken not stirred☺️. Someone who could do Espionage, and do it for country and the Queen to make it some how honorable☺️☺️. Most countries now days have something comparable to our CIA, and for the Brits, that is M16, and Bond was born. Earlier I had referred to the franchise as a classic original, and that may be a little bit of an exaggeration, because your best champion or agent , against our best agent actually goes all the way back to David and Goliath. If you are familiar with the story then you know that every day the Philistine giant would come out and called to Israel to send out their best player, in a winner takes all contest. Israel’s best player turned out to be a kid armed with only a slingshot and five stones. People often wondered why David picked up five stones, and my best guess , is that Goliath had four other brothers, but that is often over looked in the story. It’s a fascinating account, which I would encourage you to dig into, but today we are here for Mr. Bond.
A little more observations from the franchise before we bring it home☺️☺️. Bond was known for very colorful and timely one liners. He may have just finished choking someone out , and say that they were all choked up. He may have pushed someone into a lions den, and then say that they had to run. I’m probably not doing as great of a job conveying the humor, but you get the point. Two more for you, thus far there have been seven distinguished gentlemen to play the role of Bond and currently the search is on for number eight. It seems that everyone has a favorite based on some preferences that they have. Daniel Craig was the first blonde Bond and for some that was a huge revelation. I was kind of raised on Roger Moore, so he is probably my favorite, since he caught me at my teenage informative years☺️☺️. I don’t believe that anything makes the films more iconic than the names that they are given. They are usually short and snazzy, and at the same time weighty. ” Gold Finger”, ” Live and Let Die”, ” Veiw to Kill”, ” Skyfall”, ” The world is not Enough “, and the list goes on and on because the franchise is now seventy years old, and has brandished a whopping twenty-six films and counting. Oh!, and my personal favorite was ” The Spy who loved Me” , great soundtrack and who could ever get tired of listening to Carly Simon and watching Barbara Bach with her great cheek bones ☺️☺️excellent film in my estimation.
So today, I’m stepping in with a title, a would be script, and I’m parking myself in the producers chair. Perhaps some day it will be iconic , a classic, or just maybe the lining for a kennel ☺️☺️. This one is going to be called, ” Never Loved”. It’s got a kind of Bond type ring to it☺️☺️. So this is how we are going to work this. If you read this over and think that this part is written specifically for you, then please feel free to apply for the role of leading man or leading Lady. We will just call it open auditions ☺️☺️. So the leading character is on the plus side of forty, but we will definitely consider younger candidates, if You can really sell the part.☺️ This character is someone who has probably checked a lot of the boxes off in life. They may be married, but most likely not, and probably has a long list of failed relationships and perhaps marriages as well. They are or may be highly successful in their professional life, and just not quite able to put their finger on why it doesn’t translates into their personal relationships. This is a person, who if you encountered them would leave you scratching your head as to why they are single. They look like a great catch. The outside gives very few clues of all of the damage and brokenness on the inside. They maybe well traveled. They are probably a home owner. They are probably highly looked upon by others, because after all, they are a nice person.☺️ More times than not, they can be highly self righteous. They are highly opinionated, even if they are reluctant voicing it around people who don’t share their perspective, but that could probably be said of most of us☺️☺️. They may be just slightly impulsive and jump into things before thinking them through. They are probably an above average person when it comes to earning money, intelligence and intellect. They are a person who very much knows what they want in life, but it constantly illudes them. The things that they do manage to achieve, just never seems to satisfy or let’s just say , hits the spot.☺️ They know how to make commitments, but just can’t seem to see them through. As they grow older and have pursed many of the things that life told them would satisfy and didn’t,, they will usually resound themselves to some of the simpler things in life such as pets or binging on Netflix. They may be a great communicator, and this may shine professionally, but it’s just one more thing that doesn’t manifest itself in personal relationships. When we look at the family dynamics, they may have half hearted relationships with those closest , such as kids , siblings and parents and will often take the path of least resistance to just maintain the peace. They will be in this constant state of feeling as if they are put upon, and they will compensate for this by being rough or stern with others, because they can’t muster up the courage face the real bullies in their life . They will often attribute this to other things such as their gender, race, age, or something else that leaves them constantly feeling disrespected . There is so much more, but I think that you have enough to get into character. The two main big take aways should be, is that they have always felt like a victim on some level. The victim mentality prevents them from truly letting anyone inside of their pain. So much pain and hurt and it’s been smoldering just beneath the surface.
This leading Man or Lady would be the picture perfect example of what it looks like to have walls and boundaries, so Impenetrable, that very few would even begin to think about attempting to conquer them.
While the above description may sound something closer to an FBI profile,☺️ these individuals are not hard to find because they are everywhere and believe or not, you are probably way more likely to run into one of them before an alien, a millionaire, or a social media influencer, ☺️because they are just everywhere and all around us each and every day. Now, they are plentiful, but difficult to recognize them for who they are, because they hide behind a shroud of ” I have it all together “, when in actuality nothing could be further from the truth. Many moons ago I penned a post about things and people who are hidden in plain sight, and this is the case for them. If I’m correct in my summation of these individuals, then it would certainly sound like something that is on the verge of a national tragedy. Tragedy indeed!, and would account for such a tale gripping horror? Well for the answer to that question, we don’t have to look any further than to the title of this future classic, and that is they were ” Never Loved”. I know, I know, how can someone have so many attributes and so much seemingly success in life and never encounter being loved?
I’m just going to call this a unisex roll, however, while the end results are the same, the carnage very similar, it looks a little different for both sexes, and if you are a third choice in the gender debate, good luck with that one ☺️☺️. It’s not that they have never been loved, it’s more so that they have never been loved properly. They have never experienced a real genuine love where they were truly free to be themselves, yes unconditionally, but for them a safe place, a place where they felt protected from all harm. We know that there is truly no place like that, but as a child in a loving home, you should have experienced that before the world began to make major courses adjustments ☺️☺️. Now, for the sake of time, I’m going to just cut to the chase. I’m going to lay this one squarely at the feet of fathers, dad’s, poppa, or however they may have referenced you. I’m not saying that all moms are spectacular, but for the most part they just love, not perfectly, but they are just somehow so much more tied to something that grew in their bodies for nine months or so☺️☺️. Often we will find Father’s love to be much more conditional and maybe even performance based. They usually have that little hiccup, whether they are aware of it or not. When it comes to conditional love , kids are like a metal detector on a sandy beach. Children adapt and adjust quickly and without much direction, are keenly aware that they have to hit certain mockers to achieve dad’s approval. All to many times this is the template which sets them off on a quest of looking for love in all the wrong places. The messed up part is without knowing what love truly is, they often spend a lifetime accepting something inferior, a cheap replica and not the real McCoy. A cheap knock off that leaves them deflated. . It is like they are looking for something, not fully aware of what it looks like, but with just a yearning that they have never had it. This on the surface doesn’t seem like that big of a deal, but I can promise you that it will play apart in every relationship that they have and especially in the interpersonal one on one relationships.
There is a reason why things are called or referred to as a tragedy, and that is usually because it normally has some unseen far reaching consequences, and that is certainly true here. What we will often witness is a barrage of keeping the negative in and the positive out. The thing that they think is a strength, such as those impenetrable walls, actually keeps all of the hurt and pain inside and it keeps out anyone who would offer them love in the correct way and something closer to unconditional, because after all there are no perfect people. They lock the healing out and the chance to find what they have been desperately searching for. It’s almost as if they become their own worse enemy and the things that they think of as strength such as being able to cut off emotions, and feeling numb, are the very thing that keep them locked in to a perpetual circle of being unloved and not trusting of people. They are so damn quick to point fingers and never look in the mirror and see what they bring to the party themselves.
Wow!!, I can see and feel and almost hear so many of you getting into character ☺️☺️. As they say, ” it ain’t over”. Ok, so here is the rub, the huge tragedy beyond all compare. This lack of love from your earthly father. This lack of parenthood #101, will make these future leading men and ladies, the most resistant ever to a loving God. They all, throughout their lives will struggle with the concept of a loving heavenly Father. The psychology bound up in this is simply amazing but it’s also undeniable. When we don’t get it at home and early In life, we are often the dog chasing our own tales☺️☺️. Just because you had less than an adequate father figure, or none at all, doesn’t exempt or exclude you from a relationship with God. He is that safe place that you have been searching for your entire life. His love isn’t conditional and He loves you just as you are, with all of your wrinkles and flaws. I know that as we reflect back onto sometimes what was a difficult childhood, we may have the tendency to transfer all of the anxiousness with our earthly dad to our heavenly father and they are not one in the same. Many of us experienced a father who just seemed like they were pissed off at the world all the time and always mad at us, and I want to ensure you that God is not mad at you, but mad about you. He created you and he thinks that you are pretty amazing.
I don’t know if I’m ending the year long , or beginning a new year long, we shall see. Ok, note to myself, I think that I’m going to close the open auditions for this role, because I might just be the perfect person for this role. Remember that we were never designed to be ” Never Loved ” and especially not by our dads. God has open arms and is calling for you to do something different from what you know, and that is to trust Him.
Till Next Time ✌️ Peace!
Sandy The Southerner

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