Looking Back on the Year
Have you ever written a diary? If you are like Bridget Jones, you might have kept track of your New Year’s resolutions. You may have put down a few choice words for people who’ve done you wrong, some you may even regret writing down the line.
That’s what comes to pass when Mark Darcy and Bridget Jones finally get together. After a rollercoaster year, all their mixed signals get cleared up, only to get mixed up again. When Bridget sneaks off to put on something a little more comfortable (which is usually anything but ‘comfortable’), Mark gets a peek at her diary. Oops!
Mark Darcy is rude. He’s unpleasant.
He’s dull — No wonder his clever wife left him.
I hate him! HATE HIM!
Mark storms out of the apartment, and Bridget chases him down the street in little more than a silk robe and her underwear.
Making Progress
Looking back on all that they’ve been through, looking back on the year, Bridget now sees life in a whole new way. Mark was not who she thought he was. He was much more. Sometimes first impressions get it wrong.
Bridget found love that year with Mark but she also found heartbreak (damn you, Daniel Cleaver!), she started a new job, she coped with her parents’ separation (and their getting back together), and she made more than her fair share of embarrassing mistakes. It was a busy year to be sure.
Through it all, you cannot help but love her. Not because she gets it all right, because, honestly, she doesn’t. If anything, she fails repeatedly, and she does it on a grand scale. That’s life. What I respect is that she dusts herself off and gets back in the game.
Looking to a New Year
It’s why I like to start my New Year with a viewing of Bridget Jones’s Diary. Not only is the movie light and sassy, it is a reminder that we all go through some crazy things sometimes. It’s how we manage them that reveals our true character.
I am sure you had plenty of ups and downs yourself this past year. Cherish the good times and learn from the hard times. There’s always an opportunity to right any wrongs or improve on things in the new year.
Bridget got a head start. She apologizes to Mark about what she wrote, and he hands her a new unused diary. Now they can literally start on a fresh page.
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