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.