Living in the Moment

Mario Puzo, the writer of The Godfather, was upset to hear that his director, Francis Ford Coppola, said that he was glad to have directed The Godfather because now he could finally do the type of movies he really wanted to do. Puzo’s anger displayed a bit of duplicity because he had been quoted saying that he only wrote the Godfather because he needed to make money. Ironically, once both of these artists had the ability to do the type of art they wanted to do they never sniffed anywhere near the success they had with this unwanted story. I think there is a life lesson here. We probably should learn to appreciate the moment we are in because it could be crowning moment of our life even if we don’t like what we are doing.