One Year after Avatar
 

Greetings Tree of Souls

Today is a very happy day for me, exactly one year since I first saw Avatar. This time a year ago I was just a few hours from sitting down to my first viewing, how blissfully unaware I was of how it would change my character forever.

I just wanted to take a moment to give thanks, as this is something of a 'birthday' for me as Avatar allowed me to be born again - my body may be 18 years old, but my soul is only 1. It's been a truly splendid year, rediscovering my appreciation and respect for the natural world, changing in a way I never thought I would and meeting the nice folks at AF and on here who helped me through the Avatar blues and let me come out the other side. I have a new sense of inner peace, I know what I want out of life, finally. My health has drastically improved since last year, eating right and exercise is something I now actually enjoy. Eywa willing I'll still be as crazy about Avatar this time next year, even though that seems really far off right now. I now eagerly look for my soulmate, not just some meaningless fling, and lord knows I'll wait as long as it takes to find her. All is well, and it feels good :) Thanks for Avatar, the film that made me me, thanks to the community here because you've all been a large and very helpful part of the last year.

I spent this morning taking a long quiet walk through a nearby forest, I have also just come in from planting a very special 'One Year Anniversary Avatar' tree :awesome: Whilst typing this I have the Avatar soundtrack on and am thinking about the spectacular last 12 months. Finally, tonight I'll be watching the standard DVD version of Avatar to truly mark the occasion.

So here's to ToS, Avatar and great times! I wish you all good health, love and happiness :)

The Silver Stag

Congratulations, ma tsmukan.

Here's to many more years :)

Yes, indeed! Happy One-Year Anniversary, Silver Stag! Good to hear about the impact Avatar has had on your life. :)

Hehe, I feel the same way :)

My Avatar-fascination did not come inside one day. It developed from animosity, to interest and curiosity and finally to a very big fascination and an attitude towards life, completely.

When I saw its trailer for the first time, I narrated stuff like "Never want to see such a science fiction bull****" and so on. If someone would tell me at this time that this movie would become such a great influence to me and my life, I would not believe him.

Anyway, there was a difference to other movies I don't like:
Despite the animosity, I was kind of fascinated of these blue creations, of this world. And of the music.
This was the reason, why I changed my mind, yet: "I want to see it. But only on DVD, 'cause I don't want to pay money for such a film in cinema. At least. This change of mind was a little advance.
Days elapsed and sometime I (FINALLY) had the need to see the movie on the big screen, yet. (Best decision ever) :)

I saw it on january, the 4th of 2010. After the view, I liked Avatar. Not more. "It's a good movie, but I have not to see it in cinema again"
I didn't know it by this time, but this was the beginning.
All in all, I watched Avatar 16 times in cinema.

But it is more :)
Since Avatar, my hobbies changed. I modified my attitude towards life and towards the nature. I'm known in cinema xD and in the multimedia-battalion of our big store :D
Avatar is responsible of my career aspiration and because of this movie, I found new friends, alternatively a very good mate :)

Avatar is more than a movie. It's part of my life :)
And it is nice to meet people, who feel the same way :)

People who feel the same way are my family :)

I am so glad you did see it in the end :D

Happy one year tsmukan.
Truly happy to have you as a part of the family here. :)

Thanks for the replies folks :) Just happy to be here and share with everyone :D

Couldn't have said it any better friend, I see you.

I wonder just HOW MANY people feel this way about Avatar? Those on the Avatar forums, & those who don't know about the forums' existance? Avatar is SO much more than a movie, how many people are saying it changed their life, "opened their eyes", made them "recognize who they are"?

I do understand when people say "Avatar is a part of my life", or "a part of me" - but I daresay, the way I feel, it's not a "part" that can be separated. More like a fusion, a merging, some sort of chemical (?) reaction that got not only under my skin but into my cells and on some subatomic level even! It's just... right. "Avatar reaction" happened, & there's no reverse reaction... and I am bleeping well happy about it! :)

I am repeating myself over threads, but I am really happy that the forums exist. Truly.

That's a great way to put it :)
Avatar gave me something to want in my life, which I did not have before.
I don wonder though, with the number of people that really care, the number of people who are places like here, and how many others there are who are not, but who could have been as strongly affected... :(

:D Reading this makes me happy. :)

i was late in seeing the movie myself but once i had it also changed how i viewed the natural world. I really have this appreciation for nature that i didnt really have before. its really cool that you planted a tree :)

I feel exactly the same way. The only difference is: My body ist 19 years old (:
:D