Several times in recent weeks I have randomly picked a movie or TV series to watch that had a very inspiring message for me. Maybe it's just because where I am in my life that I pick up on these messages or that I am being drawn to shows to would be sharing this message. Yesterday I watched a British movie - Living. The story was about an elderly man that had lived a rather ordinary (some would say boring) life. He is diagnosed with terminal cancer and realizes he never really lived. His life was missing joy. He is drawn to a former co-worker (a much younger women) because of her happy disposition and her gusto for life. They build a friendship. He is inspired when he returns to work to take on a project that had kept getting pushed off onto other people or just delayed as it wasn't seen as important. He realized though that to a few people it was. So he took it on and got it approved and constructed. It was just a small playground to be built where a bombed out building had stood but was now polluted with sewage waste and trash. It was a simple story but one that rang true with my goals. The lead told a story about when he was a child and would be out on the playground, he would just be there waiting to be called in for dinner. Most of the kids were playing games and having fun and were disappointed to be called in for dinner whereas he waiting impatiently to be called in. As he said he was just there. That was how he had lived his life. It was only when faced with he imminent death that he felt driven to do something that had meaning and would leave a positive impact.
My death is not imminent well as least as far as I know it isn't. I also don't think I have led a boring life that was not impactful or inspiring to others. But I also know I don't want to sit down and die. Unless I were to be diagnosed with a terminal illness, death can really come quite unexpectedly. I feel like I need to continue living until that moment. To live a life that inspires, that brings positive change to the lives of others. To live a life of adventure. To have lived this life. That is what I want. I hope I get that chance.
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