standing up
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
Edmund Burke
don’t like action films; i swore off from violence-in any form, when i realized that the earth i live in is a working progress. for me to have that world i want, i need to live it, want it, be it and start affecting the change i want, and in the long run, effect change. it may sound absurd, that me not watching violent films will contribute to a nicer earth. but i believe that if we all change our point of view, our vantage point, we will have that peaceful world we all so want and desperately need. i don’t see, and will never get the use of war. killing people, destroying lives all in the name of peace, it’s the biggest irony in the world.
or some unknown reason i was watching tears from the sun starring bruce willis and monica belluci. it’s an action film, more than that, it’s a war flick. it chronicles the genocide of the tribal rulers of nigeria. i was fixed in front of the tv not because of good looking cast, and strangely i was able to bypass all that explosion, grenade launchers, f16s. the movie is not about the war, it never was, it was about the hardships of these extra-ordinary people; the volunteer workers, the selfless soldiers, the victims of war.
s the movie ended, i felt this strange emotion. heavy heart, sadness, happiness, hope… somewhere in this world we breathe in are people dying, not because they are sick or old or chose to, they are victims. and there are people who selflessly help even if it would cost them their lives, trying to make a difference. making a difference doesn’t have to be in a grand scale, it doesn’t have to be the cure for cancer or be in the front line of sierra leone. if you can make a difference to 1 person, that would be enough.
listening to:
Something To Be – Rob Thomas: My, My, My
Tags: introspect
