I watched Everybody’s Fine on Cable TV last Sunday. It was a story of a widower who decided to travel via train and bus just to visit his grownup kids after they all cancelled on him at the last minute. Suffer that.
It was very poignant and moving. It portrays the longing of a father to connect to his children after he lost his wife and the grownup kids lost their mom. They were all coping with the reality of their loss.
It also portrays how the young adults desired to protect their dad from the reality of their messy personal and professional lives.
It was a refreshing movie. It tackled the real life situation of a father this time that had to come to terms with the lies that his children had to invent to protect him from deep hurt and disappointment.
Most movies of the same theme will always portray a mom. This time and uniquely so, it was a dad.
It was very real. It is happening as we speak.
Adults have a tendency to wrap the ugly truth in fine wrapper to cushion the impact of the pain it causes. Some totally lie about it.
But who really suffers when we either lie or wrap the ugly truth?
Will it be helpful in the end?
And yet as we grow older and come across complicated life situations, we also increase our capacity to understand tough situations.
Remember those times when we think that the situations confronting our friends and their families would never happen to us, and yet after a couple of years, here we are confronted by the same situation? It could really happen.
Life is a puzzle indeed.
As long as we live, we should be ready to flow with the rhythm of life.
Food for thought: There will always be people who will dot the landscape of your life. They are there for varied reasons. Some you will truly, sincerely love.
Some others will truly, sincerely ADORE you and love you. And it’s the greatest thing. It will make you happy and grateful.
Saffron Skies 