Don't Stop Believing
Since I have been doing so poorly on my reading list for the summer, I have started to make up for it by working on my movie list. This weekend I was able to catch a couple movies that weren't on my list, but I am happy I saw them none the less. Both had a common underlying theme; Don't Stop Believing (Please tell me you are all singing Journey now!) The first movie (I don't remember the name) dealt with a promise two people had made many years before. That promise is the only thing that kept one character going in his minuscule life. At the end of the movie they show the second person involved in that promise and eluded to the fact that they did not believe as much as the first in said promise. As soon as the character is alone again they look at the box of keepsakes involving the promise. It appears to me that they always believed, they were just protecting themselves against the other person not believing. They didn't want to admit they had held on to that promise, let alone for that long, incase they were the only one holding on. That is such a thin line. Believing and holding on, and protecting ones self. Where do you draw that line to stop believing so much in order to protect yourself against being hurt by others not believing? What do you have to lose from believing? It could be nothing at all or it could be everything. I thought about what character I was most like....the one who believed or the one protecting themselves. I came to the ultimate conclusion that I long to be the one who never stops believing but in actuality, I am the one protecting myself. Deep down I still believe and have faith, but I am also a realist......those promises don't always pan out. I hope they do!