Designing moments of life

It is us who decide to express happiness or guilt or fear. We are constantly designing every moment of our life. We make a choice when we choose to pick flowers for a loved one when we go to meet them. We plan surprises. Its the value of thought that is put in that makes it more precious than the gift itself.

Some people think its unnecessary to invest this time or emotion in making moments. Flowers die out they say. But so do dreams and life ends too. But we still live it in the best spirit affordable to our beings.

So we must put thought in making each beginning as beautiful as can be and so the ending. Designing moments as filmy as can be and being directors of our own lives.

If we welcome, we will get.

The fundamental reason why we don't get many new people into our live's all the time is because we are defensive and don't let many people in. We get unfriendly and unwelcoming to strangers. Its a great idea to meet new people specially if we are trying to change our lives in some way. New people bring new ideas into our lives.

Everybody has only so many hours to life. So many hours to work, think, play. Everybody has their own ideas about life. Its when we share that we get new perceptions about life. And opening up is particularly helpful when we are trying to make difficult decisions in life.

YES MAN is a nice movie about the idea of opening up our lives to new possiblities. The movie stresses the depression and lack of enjoyment in life when we are NO MEN and refuse possiblities their chance to change our lives. There are always people like ourselves to share, grow and accompany. All we have to do is reach out and connect. New experiences bring new people and newer joys in life.

Open up.

Find your tribe.

Let some go out.

Let some in.

We may not be all one, but we are sure in it together.

For why wouldn't I?

I've become a fan. So please forgive me. But I love this part of the movie The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button where Elizabeth Abbot (Tilda Swinton) tells the story of her swimming through the English Channel. She admits that she wanted to. After struggling for hours she stopped. And hasn't done much with her life after that. Even though at the time, when asked about trying again, she has answered, "For why wouldn't I?".
This is the case with many of us. We give up too soon. While all the time, we were only one step too far.

Happy Movie: Slumdog Millionaire

Right...how can we overlook this fabulous movie that is making waves around the world. But really. I'm not just going to praise it blindly. At least, I'll try not to. But if you aren't moved my movies and you don't think about it after they end, you might not find it so beautiful.

The best thing that I like about this film is that it makes me not want to win Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. Really. I don't want to know those answers living that life. I love my life. And I'm sure you do too. This movie makes me love my life so much more. Pleasure of relative misery - maybe....but it works fine.

Also I'm sure that anybody who has gone through one of those things: riots, exploitation or has seen the bad people with loads of money on them doing bad things, don't really crave for money as they do for the people who mean happiness to them. Or if its not about a person, its about even more simpler things in life.

And of course, its nice to see actors who look like real people and not mannequins. Its not just refreshing. Its delightful. To see stories where people live on minimal relationships. And survive. Its nice how Jamal Malik keeps looking for Latika. Not for the very romantic reason. But maybe she was the only person in the world who could understand him and the life he had lived. She was the only one for him because there really was nobody who can understand what its really like. To your mother being killed in a riot. Or to live on crime because you have no other way to eat. Where survival matters more than ethics. And yet, they have the soul to live for the future and not the past. It takes a lot to not to be caught up in what all that went wrong.

I don't care to notice what all is wrong with this film. Or mention. Movies are just stories so I don't expect them to be too real. Actually, Its better that way. So when I see the poster question asking :

Q : What does it take to find a lost love?

a. Money

b. Luck

c. Smarts

d. Destiny

I can't help but think...Luck to have that in your destiny...