Sunday, December 29, 2013

Blue Jasmine

We need to get to know people better. We need to ask more questions and dig deep to find the real answers. We need to think about others more than we think about ourselves. We need to give our worries to God and give up some of our ambitions so we can free our mind for people to cross its path, and not just people that are in our mind for something that will benefit us.

What is happening to the world? What is happening to people? We need to care about each other. And we need to get our love from God so we can have a steady flow for others. If we're getting love from something else, we'll only have love for others when that thing is going well, and that's not the abundant life God has called us to.

This movie made me think, but it leaves the audience sort of hopeless, and I hope they find it a call to action instead of depression, and a call that's more than just to "try not to lie or date people that rip phones out of walls."

There are people in this world who are going through hard things, and it may cause them to act strange, but maybe instead of looking at them weird or avoiding them, we can try to get to know them better. That may be hard because by associating with strange people, we may be seen as strange as well. But guess what, we're all strange. It's what makes life interesting. So if you want to go on pretending like you have it all together and only associating with others who act the same, go for it. But I hope the emptiness drives you to something greater.