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cedar_grove) wrote2011-10-23 05:03 am
cedar_grove) wrote2011-10-23 05:03 am
Glass Half....???
From The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have.
We can't stop life from flowing. So we are left with feeling what was and what is, and we call the difference loss.
These two sentences leaped off the screen and really made me pay attention to the words and the whole of the rest of the reading. What a negative way of looking at things! So then that got me thinking, and wondering – and worrying at things a little bit – is it human nature to think of things in such a negative way, with such a 'glass half empty' mentality?
So then that got me thinking about the movie that Mir and I just watched, (one of a few actually, but this in particular). The Boy Who Could Fly - fabulous movie, if you haven't seen it, you should… I'm going to leave a full review for another time, because, for all the difficult points in its subject matter, it's actually a very good 'feel good' kind of movie… (and yes, I did cry at the end).
The point I want to bring up, I think is that… that I've just alluded to right there. (Sorry, necessary spoilers follow). At the end of the movie, the boy who Milly has befriended, cared for, and fallen in love with, leaves… she has his ring and their memories to keep him in her heart, and I remember thinking at the time this happened in the movie, 'oh my goodness, how sad,' (not those exact words, but… anyway)… but the end of the movie is a really positive one… uplifting, makes you feel good. Why did I think of that moment in a negative kind of way? Why did I focus on the sadness of the moment and not on the poignant sense of love that was left behind – in me, as well as in the characters in the movie?
So from the quote above, what about those moments where what is, is different from what was in a positive way – are we still going to call it 'loss'?
I envy the tree,
how it reaches
but never holds.
We can't stop life from flowing. So we are left with feeling what was and what is, and we call the difference loss.
These two sentences leaped off the screen and really made me pay attention to the words and the whole of the rest of the reading. What a negative way of looking at things! So then that got me thinking, and wondering – and worrying at things a little bit – is it human nature to think of things in such a negative way, with such a 'glass half empty' mentality?
So then that got me thinking about the movie that Mir and I just watched, (one of a few actually, but this in particular). The Boy Who Could Fly - fabulous movie, if you haven't seen it, you should… I'm going to leave a full review for another time, because, for all the difficult points in its subject matter, it's actually a very good 'feel good' kind of movie… (and yes, I did cry at the end).
The point I want to bring up, I think is that… that I've just alluded to right there. (Sorry, necessary spoilers follow). At the end of the movie, the boy who Milly has befriended, cared for, and fallen in love with, leaves… she has his ring and their memories to keep him in her heart, and I remember thinking at the time this happened in the movie, 'oh my goodness, how sad,' (not those exact words, but… anyway)… but the end of the movie is a really positive one… uplifting, makes you feel good. Why did I think of that moment in a negative kind of way? Why did I focus on the sadness of the moment and not on the poignant sense of love that was left behind – in me, as well as in the characters in the movie?
So from the quote above, what about those moments where what is, is different from what was in a positive way – are we still going to call it 'loss'?