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Showing posts with label life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label life. Show all posts
Life in a Day
What an amazing film! I can't believe I hadn't heard of this. Basically this film was made from citizens around the world and what they recorded on July 24th, 2010. The directors took this footage (over 4,500hrs) and wove a story about us and what our lives reflect all over the world on the same day. Looking into the lives of all these people I couldn't help but to feel a deep connection and appreciation for the diversity we represent. From race, religion, expressions, thoughts, behaviors, routines, jobs, there's so much in this film that the directors don't explain which adds to the viewers experience and interpretation. We are truly a complex and beautiful race. Life in a day.
An unusual wish
My friend says... "Some people only learn by falling into holes. I know [a person] who keeps falling into little holes. Holes we know are there but we fall into them. Little holes like drugs, stealing, speeding, etc, basically things that we already know are inherently wrong. So I told [this person]... I wish for you to fall into a really big hole, not these little ones, but a big one."
At first, this statement kind of struck me. I didn't agree, I thought that's like wishing for someone to go through a lot of pain and suffering. Isn't that the opposite of what we all want for one another? Isn't it? Then I thought of all the eye-opening experiences and circumstances that lead to growth and understanding in my life... they were all difficult experiences. And they've made me who I am today. They've craved a more complete me. And I'm able to do so much more with life than ever before so I'm thankful in a way for all those experiences. It's an interesting wish though... I'm not sure I'd wish those experiences on any one but then again if someone was falling into "small holes"all the time, I might wish for something to shake them out of it. Maybe it's the falling that sounds wrong in my friends statement. We could change it to, "I wish for you to climb out of a really big hole, not these little ones, but a big one." I might wish that for someone.
At first, this statement kind of struck me. I didn't agree, I thought that's like wishing for someone to go through a lot of pain and suffering. Isn't that the opposite of what we all want for one another? Isn't it? Then I thought of all the eye-opening experiences and circumstances that lead to growth and understanding in my life... they were all difficult experiences. And they've made me who I am today. They've craved a more complete me. And I'm able to do so much more with life than ever before so I'm thankful in a way for all those experiences. It's an interesting wish though... I'm not sure I'd wish those experiences on any one but then again if someone was falling into "small holes"all the time, I might wish for something to shake them out of it. Maybe it's the falling that sounds wrong in my friends statement. We could change it to, "I wish for you to climb out of a really big hole, not these little ones, but a big one." I might wish that for someone.
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