Homer and Abundance and Joy

It’s Saturday morning and I’m starting the day in a time honoured tradition of watching TV cartoons. Specifically the Simpsons which I love and adore!

This particular one is the usual mix of Homer having some grand scheme, it failing in spectacular fashion and then the final reel where the family gather round with love and support - or something like that!

At the moment he’s trudging through the snow saying ‘I can’t make it. Yes you can. No I can’t. Oh shut up. No you shut up. Oh what’s the point. It’s hopeless. I can’t make it.’
(It’s much funnier when you see it!). Anyway, it sounds pretty much what goes through any of our heads when we’re going for a goal or stuck in a situation we don’t want.

But of course, in spite of the bumbling antics Homer does emerge with a kind of victory. What does Homer love - Marge, Duff beer, his kids, being an American, and many other random things which catch his attention! And somehow he manages to hold onto these, they bring him joy and he’s always in search of more things to bring him joy. And he always gets them - maybe not in the form he imagined but abundance and joy follow him - and we get to see ourselves reflected in him and laugh at our own bumbling!

So really there are many role models for us - we just have to be open to them :)