The tears and joys of life remind us why Xmas is very special. After the Wedding helps define who we are and why we are here.
I have another Brad Pitt blog for everyone, but something important came up and I need to think about the meaning of Xmas at this time. I hope all of you will follow my lead and rent the movie “After the Wedding” by Danish filmmaker Susanne Bier. Watch it with someone you love. Anytime is a good time for reflection, yet Xmas is always the best time to reflect.
May I be so banal as to remember what is important in each of our lives? Can I be so trite as to recall that no one ever spent his last breath on earth wishing he had worked one more day? Our relationships, our time together, our compassion for each other, and our expressions of empathy though they come all too infrequently define the quality of our lives. Most of you know the blessings I have experienced yet you may not know that sometimes I forget to be grateful, and sometimes I forget to care. Not as much as I used to. Still too often.
After the Wedding has too many plot twists to give away the story, and if allowing yourself to feel emotions is not your thing then this movie will not be for you. However, I think as I have met virtually each of you who may read this blog, you have shared with me a moment in time, the most precious commodity that God has granted each of us. I am grateful to have shared that moment and though I trust you will shed many tears as you watch the movie unfold, it is one of the most perceptive explorations of love that I remember having seen.
I wish you all the most loving of moments and the blessings of health as we celebrate the Xmas season.
May I be so banal as to remember what is important in each of our lives? Can I be so trite as to recall that no one ever spent his last breath on earth wishing he had worked one more day? Our relationships, our time together, our compassion for each other, and our expressions of empathy though they come all too infrequently define the quality of our lives. Most of you know the blessings I have experienced yet you may not know that sometimes I forget to be grateful, and sometimes I forget to care. Not as much as I used to. Still too often.
After the Wedding has too many plot twists to give away the story, and if allowing yourself to feel emotions is not your thing then this movie will not be for you. However, I think as I have met virtually each of you who may read this blog, you have shared with me a moment in time, the most precious commodity that God has granted each of us. I am grateful to have shared that moment and though I trust you will shed many tears as you watch the movie unfold, it is one of the most perceptive explorations of love that I remember having seen.
I wish you all the most loving of moments and the blessings of health as we celebrate the Xmas season.
posted by Edward Lack MD at 9:36 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home