The Things We Take For Granted…
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to watch Denzel Washington’s latest film The Book of Eli and the film was amazing, it reminded me of another film, Blindness which starred, Julianne Moore. Anywho… both films show human nature in it’s most desperate form. They shows us just how lucky most of us truly are. In The Book of Eli, we’re brought to apost-apocalyptic world where people struggle, kill, cheat, and lie to survive. A world where only a select few know who God is, where people have to barter for drinking water and kill to stay alive. In Blindness, we’re brought to a world where life as we know it no longer exists. The entire population succumbs to an epidemic that causes nearly everyone to go blind. We witness people take advantage of, rape, and starve each other.
Well, this got me to thinking about the things that I take for granted. How many times do we fight with the people that we love, how often do we take tomorrow for granted, and what’s most important to me? During both of these films, I found myself wondering, which side of the spectrum would I be, would I be the one that sits back and watch as others are taken advantage of, would I be the one taking advantage of others, or would I be someone that could lead others into a better place.
What I have come to realize is this. I must make some changes in my life. Instead of me harboring hate and envy, I must embrace love and kindness. While I tend not to hold on to grudges, I do keep people that have hurt me at a distance. I start my blog POINTEMOUT.COM back in January of 2009 (most of that content no longer exists), but if you’d read it between now and then, you’d know that I’ve changed my tune. I used to go in on some of these celebrities for no good reason. The main one was none other than… Beyonce and the chick has never done anything to me. When I think about it, the way that I was bashing Beyonce was no different than the way the bad guys were intimidating and killing innocent people in those films that I mentioned.
My point is… when does it stop. If I’ll verbally bash someone of no good reason, whose to say that I wouldn’t do the same thing physically. Well.. I can now. My life is no longer better because I make others more miserable. My life is better because I uplift and inspire people to do better for themselves and others.
Take a long look into who you are as a person now. If you treat people like they don’t matter now, how will you treat them when your backs against the wall. Will you walk all over them or will you team up with them??? Just some food for thought!!! The person that you are today, doesn’t have to be who you are tomorrow, but tomorrow isn’t promised, so change today.
Check out both films, they really make you think about who you are and what’s important to you.
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