Little Wonders

Let it go, let it roll right off your shoulder
Don't you know? The hardest part is over
Let it in, let your clarity define you
In the end we will only just remember how it feels

Our lives are made in these small hours
These little wonders, these twists & turns of fate
Time falls away, but these small hours,
These small hours still remain

Let it slide, let your troubles fall behind you
Let it shine until you feel it all around you
And I don't mind if it's me you need to turn to
We'll get by, it's the heart that really matters in the end

Our lives are made in these small hours
These little wonders, these twists & turns of fate
Time falls away, but these small hours,
These small hours still remain

All of my regret will wash away some how
But I can not forget the way I feel right now

In these small hours, these little wonders
These twists & turns of fate
Time falls away but these small hours
These small hours, still remain,
These little wonders, these twists & turns of fate

Time falls away but these small hours
These little wonders still remain

Moments

No, I'm not referring to anything that spins. [Physics]

But yes, moments as in the moments in time. Apart from having a rather simple and catchy tune, I found the lyrics of the song (Little Wonders - refer to post above) really meaningful.

Let it go, let it roll right off your shoulder
Don't you know? The hardest part is over
Let it in, let your clarity define you
In the end we will only just remember how it feels

Really, I think it makes sense. Sometimes we have a hard time forgetting a particular moment - embarassing, troubling or even hurting - but really, the worst is over and what we can do, is to move on. Learning from our mistakes, and 'keep moving forward'. (Reference to motto from Robinsons)

Our lives are made in these small hours
These little wonders, these twists & turns of fate
Time falls away, but these small hours,
These small hours still remain

Our lives are defined by each tiny moment. Celebration and frustration, successes and failures, joy and sorrow.. All were achieved in those little moments - that very seconds and minutes. Together, as tiny pieces they form a complete picture of our lives.

Moments - little wonders, that make up great miracle - us.

Meet The Robinsons

Another movie writeup! This time, one which I watched quite a while back..
Anyway the underlying theme of the movie is somewhat similiar to what many of us try to achieve these days - Looking for an identity.

The show tells of this little boy Lewis who was brought up in an orphanage (similiar to the setting of August Rush. Hmms.) and wonders if not being adopted means that he isn't wanted. So he sets out seeking his mother, whom he thinks should at least be the one person who actually wanted him. He does so by inventing a time machine.. And well.. the movie goes on..

But what struck me the most is how we set out in search of our "selves". We go to great heights wanting to find that something that we are looking for.. only to find that it is actually staring at us in the eye!

The underlying theme is that who we are, who we can be, is defined by our decisions. Only we ourselves can decide who we want to be. Inevitably we would face obstacles and even failures, but in the end, the choices we make - the wise and foolish ones alike -those are what defines us.

In short, we do not need to go out of our ways to search for this self-identity.
We choose who we want to be.

August Rush

It is not often that I would write about movies, but this is one movie that rates high on my list! Music lovers will especially appreciate it, as the movie portrays a certain magical characteristic of music that is able to transcend certain human understanding. Confused? Yeah that proved my point! And of course.. the happy endings which leaves you with that warm fuzzy feeling.. =)

Oh but there's always the negative reviews by other sources.. And the movie can be rather draggy and fragmented at times, but still! As long as the theme strikes a chord within oneself.. Being immersed in the whole rhapsody is almost as guaranteed as there are F# and C# in a D major chord. Ah, but there are always the accidentals.. =)

Plot summary from IMDb :
The story of a charismatic young Irish guitarist and a sheltered young cellist who have a chance encounter one magical night above New York's Washington Square, but are soon torn apart, leaving in their wake an infant, August Rush, orphaned by circumstance. Now performing on the streets of New York and cared for by a mysterious stranger, August uses his remarkable musical talent to seek the parents from whom he was separated at birth.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0426931/plotsummary

Uh oh.

When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.
James 4:3

Death

Death. Certainly quite a taboo subject, seeing as to how people from so many cultures tend to shy away from anything remotely connected to death - from using euphemisms (pass away, moving on..) to changing how we number our homes. (using '2A' to substitute the '4') Be it plain paranoia, or just conveniently 'going with the flow', 'death' seems to give many of us an uneasy feeling. (Yeah, feel that chill down your spine..)

Yet, even as the 50+ million people who 'leave this world' each year (that's about 100 per minute), what about the rest of us? The so-called 'survivors'. Are our entire lives meant to be merely 'survived'?

Every single one of us, all 6.6 billion individuals, are given one life to live - no more, no less. (Unless one believes in reincarnation, which I do not subscribe to) And in that one lifetime, we are given the opportunity to make use of whatever resources we can get our hands on, to do anything that our hearts and minds desire.

Some people would choose to scale the highest peaks, others to dive to the greatest depths.
Some people create records for the shortest time in doing something, others would endure the longest times.
Some people would devote their entire lives to serve a purpose, others would choose to end theirs to fulfill one.

In the end, it all boils down to choices. We all get one life to live, but we get to determine HOW to live it out. Would our lives then be one that revolves around the same mundane objects every day? Or would it be one that leaves a legacy that outlives us?

As ironic as it sounds, death actually gives meaning to life.

Imagine, if we were not be given a deadline to complete an assignment, would there be much motivation in finishing it quickly? Wouldn't the human characteristic of procrastination set in? And when it does, things are just put off day after day after day...

Moreover, this limitation makes us crave for more. We want more time to be with our loved one, more time to achieve a certain goal, more time to take the world in all its splendour.. Imagine again, if we were offered an eternity to enjoy something - would we still truly treasure and appreciate it the same way we do otherwise? Most probably, we would take it all for granted - another major human weakness.

The world around us will not change even if we were to pass on. The Earth will still take 24 hours, spinning at 1,700 kilometers per hour to complete a full rotation. However, depending on how we live our lives, we would have made a difference in the world. It might have been a small one, but we ought to remember that it takes 6.60 billion of us to collectively form human life on planet Earth.

If you were to die today, would your world have been the same as when you were born?

I certainly hope not!