So if you read part one, than you know a little bit about what I'm about to share. To reiterate, I watched The Color Purple with a grown woman that hadn't seen it (JJR). This person is very inquisitive and had a lot of questions that caused me to question things about a movie I've seen a million times. 
As previously stated, I've owned the book for years and couldn't get into it. My most recent attempt was back in April. 
There have been some interesting things going on in my personal life, like always. I'm always learning, always evolving. A few days before reading the book, I started feeling a little strange. I watched the movie and I had an instant desire to read the book. 
I started reading and became entranced. The dialect, the detail, the way it pulled me in...I knew it'd only take a couple days to read it. 
What I didn't expect was the connection I felt. The strange feeling I had prior to reading the book, cleared up and understanding began to take place. Celie went on a journey not only to discover herself or her voice, but also to discover the true meaning of love. I'm not talking romance, boys, or girls. I'm talking about God. There was a scene in the book where Celie is talking to Shug about God and how she sees him as the white man with straight hair. If you've seen the movie, you know Shug doesn't bite her tongue. She basically told Celie that the image of God and Jesus is the reason why people have a hard time connecting. God is not physical. He is everywhere just trying to love us. 
        "I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.                  People think pleasing God is all God cares about. But any fool living in the world can see it always                trying to please us back."
Celie had to learn a lot of basic things on her own. That's me. As I've mentioned in previous posts, there are many lessons and experiences that I'm having at 23 and 24 that most of my friends have experienced 6 and 7 years ago. Experience is the best teacher and I'm learning a lot. 
               "The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any." 
This is one of many lines that I read at just the right time. So many times in the recent past have I thought "I don't have any power here" and been put in a bad situation because of such feeble thinking.
               God put this book in my hands at the time that He did because He knew that this was the time that I needed to read it. 

In high school, we did not write book reports. We had to write book reflections. That required us to have to dig a little deeper. I will be honest and say that it was easy to get credit for bullshit when you're reflecting on something as opposed to discussing what it's about. I never did that, though. I have always been a fan of reading and thoroughly enjoy summarizing and reflecting on them. Even if it's only a few new words, there is always something to learn from reading. And I'm not just saying that because I'm a teacher!!

Recently, I had some friends over, one of whom had never seen The Color Purple. How you grow up black and your mom, grandma, or great aunt never made you watch this movie is beyond me!!! Anyway, I decided to turn it on. The girl in question (cough Jalisa cough) just knew she was going to fall asleep, but she stayed up and watched that whole 2 and half hour movie. She even enjoyed it! Jalisa is the kind of person who asks questions throughout a movie or tv show she's never seen. There's nothing wrong with being inquisitive! If it wasn't for her questioning so many things, I wouldn't have realized how much about the movie I didn't understand. 

I had the book sitting on my shelf in my room for months, been in possession of the book for years. Never read it. A couple of months ago, I attempted to read it but I couldn't get into it. I wasn't ready for what I was about to experience.