Friday, November 27, 2009
up up and away! Time to let go!
I'm totally a sucker for such heart-warming animations.
Up deals with several issues close to heart and closes up on the hearts of the elderly.
Well, it begins with a quick journey of the protagonist and his wife, Emily 's relationship and we can see how in love the couple as they aged from the simple domestic scenes-building the dream home, bit by bit with all they had,a wife doing the tie of her husband daily, taking occasional walks to the hill near their small house. Naturally, as a couple, they had their ups and downs and we see compromise and effort made by either party to make it work and it did.
The producer used about twenty minutes to convene the deep love shared by the couple. Well, then Emily passes away before the couple could do some travelling together, something they always wanted as a kid and the old man was left with only regrets.
The first scene shown after the loss of his wife was symbolic, his old unchanged house stood awkwardly among constructions sites and the modern buildings, as if time stood still for him. The old man sticks with all his routines, a striking similarity to Great Expection's Satis House, though I must say his house is far cheery with its colours. It cast a foreboding feeling as if the old man has begin his transformation to decay inwardly.
Well, he becomes a grumpy old tired man. Anyway, he got into trouble when he desperately tried to protect all physical reminders of his beloved wife so he hatched this plan to achieved his wife's dream of living at the Paradise Falls.
It's incredibly comical to see the house floating because of the thousands of balloons he blew and tied overnight. Well, on the way he met a lot of difficulties that coerced him to break away from the past and start living in the now and he did.
There was another symbolic scene where he tossed everything that he once hold dear out of the house in his haste to honor a new promise.
In all, the animation concluded wonderfully-the old man learnt to let go of his past and live a fresh new life.
I must add that the animation's target audience aren't children but adults who can appreciate the imageries cleverly used and the theme.
It's really cool though, I love it. Hahah =)
Up deals with several issues close to heart and closes up on the hearts of the elderly.
Well, it begins with a quick journey of the protagonist and his wife, Emily 's relationship and we can see how in love the couple as they aged from the simple domestic scenes-building the dream home, bit by bit with all they had,a wife doing the tie of her husband daily, taking occasional walks to the hill near their small house. Naturally, as a couple, they had their ups and downs and we see compromise and effort made by either party to make it work and it did.
The producer used about twenty minutes to convene the deep love shared by the couple. Well, then Emily passes away before the couple could do some travelling together, something they always wanted as a kid and the old man was left with only regrets.
The first scene shown after the loss of his wife was symbolic, his old unchanged house stood awkwardly among constructions sites and the modern buildings, as if time stood still for him. The old man sticks with all his routines, a striking similarity to Great Expection's Satis House, though I must say his house is far cheery with its colours. It cast a foreboding feeling as if the old man has begin his transformation to decay inwardly.
Well, he becomes a grumpy old tired man. Anyway, he got into trouble when he desperately tried to protect all physical reminders of his beloved wife so he hatched this plan to achieved his wife's dream of living at the Paradise Falls.
It's incredibly comical to see the house floating because of the thousands of balloons he blew and tied overnight. Well, on the way he met a lot of difficulties that coerced him to break away from the past and start living in the now and he did.
There was another symbolic scene where he tossed everything that he once hold dear out of the house in his haste to honor a new promise.
In all, the animation concluded wonderfully-the old man learnt to let go of his past and live a fresh new life.
I must add that the animation's target audience aren't children but adults who can appreciate the imageries cleverly used and the theme.
It's really cool though, I love it. Hahah =)
i know that i have loved you ... at 11/27/2009 03:51:00 am
fate crumbled all around 0 identities
fate crumbled all around 0 identities
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Matthew 6:33 " But seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well."
This verse has been constantly on my mind for the past week. To really understand the verse, you need to read the entire passage entitled "Do not worry"
Matthew 6:25-34
"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life , what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?
Look at the birds in the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin.
Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.
If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
So do not worry, saying 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear?'
For the pagans run after all these things and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
But seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness and all these things will be given unto you as well.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."
The passage began to make more sense for me as I completed the book my friend had lent me a week ago. It was about a man who lived by faith and believed with all his soul that God would truly honour His promise. He hungered for God and God has never let him down. To illustrate, God told this man to leave his country- Sri Lanka and travel around the world. At that point of time, he was penniless, he had a family and he lived from day to day. Yet, he obeyed God and left for America. God never let him down. When he needed money, God would send someone to help him.
I think something stirred deep inside of me when I read about his journey of faith. It is as if God's constantly reminding me that we have to walk in His way and He will meet my needs. It's kinda befitting, thinking I'm worried about my direction in life and I'm struggling to make ends meet sometimes- I'm jobless and I'm living on my last salary. I truly believe it's a word for this season of my life and I'm going to spend my time seeking Him.
Yes and He has always honored His promises. When I took a leap of faith this year and went for the Shanghai trip during June, God blessed me with a job, with generous donors that I didn't need to ask a single cent from my parents. Moreover, I never had to worry for a job since God seemed to always provide me with one when I needed it. He's truly my provider.
I pray that one day, anyone reading this post would come to know about this God that I'm serving and truly experiencing the Joy and the Freedom that He gives.
Amen!
i know that i have loved you ... at 11/11/2009 01:09:00 am
fate crumbled all around 0 identities
fate crumbled all around 0 identities