Life is Beautiful

Shout out to James Cha for recommending this movie. Never heard of it before. By the way, I watched a dubbed version. They have an Italian accent in the dub...so needless and odd. I thought it was funny when I was young watching Chinese dubs on white people with accents and thought how homo. Guess it's the same here too hahaha. ANYWAY

I love movies that inspire humanity to be something more...and this is one of them. A father who's love for his child is so strong he's willing to bear all pain on himself so his child would not be affected or tainted by the ugliness of this world. People like him are millions times more brave and selfless than any super hero could dream of. For every ounce of strength he doesn't have, he must make up for with love and spirit.

The father jokes about everything and laughs about anything when he's alongside his kid. They say people who laugh or smile a lot are doing so to cover fear and lack of confidence. Have they thought of it from a different angle? People who laugh and smile ARE doing it to cover fear and lack of confidence - not their own, but those around them. A smile drops the guard between humans and lets them trust each other. A smile goes a long way when times are tough and embedded between every "h" and laced in every "a" of a laugh is a whisper of the words "it's ok, lean on me. I'll be here."

Every whisper brings together a bond. Every bond musters a greater strength. And every ounce of strength is what gets us through tough times. I guess no matter what the pain or how much of it there is...we can always smile more, laugh more, and live more. After all, that's what makes life beautiful.