It's a Wonderful Life.
Davina
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real. LOVE.
I love this movie. We watched it as a family on Christmas eve. Maybe I'm just a sentimental person but every time I see it I'm moved by the impact that George Bailey has had on the world. The things he did and the things that may not have happened if he hadn't come into the world...it always makes me wonder what kind of love I'm leaving...what I'm giving...and what I'm not giving.
George Bailey changed the world...his world. He changed the world of the people just right around him in Bedford Falls.
George wanted to go out in to the world and make his mark, see things, be things...he never did. You spend a portion of the movie wondering if George Bailey will ever make it out of Bedford Falls. You wonderful if he'll ever get to do anything...if he'll ever get to see the world.
And then you see that the world would be a very different place with out George. His seemingly small life, his seeming ordinary-ness was really in a word...extraordinary.
I love this time of year and for the chance to see George Bailey and be reminded that our lives do indeed impact the people around us....what we say...what we do...it changes us and it changes that people around us.
None of us need to travel the world, have a lot of money, or be famous. In our small, seemingly ordinary way we can be extraordinary to our parents, our brothers, our sisters, our children, our spouse, our friends, our neighbors. We want to help the planet, the person in Africa, or South America. When the truth is that our strongest influence and biggest mark can be felt by the person right next to us.
Thanks, "George Bailey...the richest man in town."
real. LIFE.
Reader Comments (4)
Thanks for posting this. I realize more and more after reading each of your blog posts how much it seems we have in common. I LOVE this movie. I can't even count how many times I've watched it. I've watched it at least once every Christmastime since I was a little girl, and I sometimes find myself watching it in July when I wished it was Christmas. I never fail to cry at the end when everyone comes over and gives George and his family money to help them out. Gets me every time. My favorite Christmas movie for sure. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas!
Caroline, I know! That last scene is just moving. To finally see that George is amazing and his life has been a force for good in the lives of so many people. What a gift.
well put Davina! We also watch that movie every year. I love that it's a Christmas movie because it always inspires me for the New Year and the goals I want to set for myself, both personally and professionally. Ordinary in one person's eyes is indeed extraordinary to everyone else :)
davina,
i didn't see it and i'm glad i read your post as i wanted too. it's sad that there is such a trend in movies to have no redemptive end, it seems all too common now a days. it seems many movies end with either hopelessness, outright darkness or at best just hanging with no resolve. i think it's just evidence of the cultural shift away from believing in a glorious ending with a real faith in the return of Christ. i know i'm not giving up hope!thanks for the review.