Priceless lessons
The year began , honestly I had no plans of doing anything
bigger or greater other than just make sure that I travel more, try new things when I have time and move forward with my personal plans , as
always God likes to just interrupt when he feels like it ( which I have come to
except and appreciate )
There’ this song called “all I want” by the Kodaline , the
first time I heard this track my heart just went all soft on me and I found myself
crying , I am not sure if it was the video or the words to the song , in short
the song just conveys the message of true love , bear in mind that I heard the
track sometime last year .
Fast forward this past Friday was supposed to go to some Art
Gallery in Jo’burg but somehow that didn’t happen and I missed
the whole thing, so I ended up going to
see a movie with a friend of mine . The movie was called “the fault in our stars “ , ooh my word !!,
like I am teary just thinking about that movie , anyway the Kodaline track is
one of the soundtrack to the movie and I
was taken aback hearing the song again being played in this heart felt film I was
watching.
The fault in our stars is a film based on a true story , in
short you have these two teens who fall so deep in love with each other while in
the mist of facing death ( cancer ) but somehow find it in their hearts to
appreciate the little things and the limited time they have in this world . The
story line is excellent in such a way that the two charactors do justice in portraying
what living with cancer is really like
and what it can do to one spirit .
The most priceless thing I took away from watching this film
was that we take our good health for granted
and constantly fail to love , acknowledge and appreciate the people who
are in our lives. When good blesses us with love , for some strange reason we
always find reasons as to why it will not work or cannot work , or how busy we
are and just don’t need stress in our lives , when the truth of the matter is
we are even more miserable in our busyness of chasing money and status , thus something
new feels so uncomfortable that it seems normal to push it away .
I maybe old fashion, which might be the reason why this film
touched me so much , but there’s no greater achievement than experiencing true
love and I don’t mean the “what do you
have ?? or what can you give me kinda love “, I am talking real love, genuine
love that fills you up , makes you want
to be a better person and give more of yourself without expecting . The kind of
love that only god can bring into your life and also take away when the time is
fitting , the kind of love that forces you to forgive when your being wronged
and learn to appreciate another being fully without wanting them to change who
they are .
Priceless lesson learned was that, not all of us will
experience true love as there are way to many distractions in this world, but
if we choose not to be distracted, we all have that chance of experiencing it
at some point .
Its been too long since I’ve watched a movie that had this
effect on me , it just made me question my attitude towards my life , relationships and friendships . We all students in this
life , all of us have something to offer , share , teach and all of us at some
point we will die , so it’s a must to make our mark , it doesn’t matter how
small it is , in gods eyes it will be seen and appreciated .
Love heals all things
and pain needs to be felt .
Switdifferent .
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