Read between the lines

I have been trapped inside my house for the past two days (due to all the snow) so my daily activities have been seriously changed. All of a sudden I don’t have to go to work, do homework (cause let’s face it- we’re never going back to school at this rate), worry about showering or even getting out of my pajamas for that matter. My days have basically been turned into a complete mix of laziness. After eating for the majority of the day, I decided to watch a movie...

If any of you have ever seen the movie “Crash” I think you will know what I am talking about, and if you haven’t I recommend going to see it as you as you can. The subject of racism is very relevant in the movie which is something that I am very interested in. Not only does the movie take you through the life of so many different characters, showing you details, making your heart sink, and sometimes cry, but it also ties all the stories together into the most beautiful way ever.

As I watched to movie, I thought about the treatment that we as humans have towards one another. In many scenes I felt completely disgusted at the lack of respect that we portray not only towards other people but many times towards our own selves. It seems incredible to me that we can sometimes get to the point where we become so selfish that we can go as far as taking someone’s emotions for granted and changing their life forever. What was most incredible to me was to tie the movie into our everyday world and to realize that scenes like these happen everyday. It seems amazing to think of all the pain and hardships that our world endures, and although we don’t have to think about it every second, it is something that we cannot ignore.

On the plus side, the movie ends with a positive ending that makes you almost want to cry (depending on how emotional you are of course). By the end, I felt somewhat pleased with the way humanity works. And that’s not to say that horrible things do not happen, or course they do and they always will, but the important thing is that so much beauty comes from the horrible things as well; Whether it is the unison of a family or the comfort of a friend. The force that constantly balances out the universe will make sure that things are always in order. It gives me hope to know that somehow everything is under control and the bad things will happen but so will the good things….we just have to look for them.

Sometimes, we just have to read between the lines in order to find the real meaning…and many times the real meaning is a lot less horrible than we imagine it to be.