Tonight I saw the movie "Slumdog Millionaire." It is a beautifully and creatively written story about a boy's life shown as he's giving answers on the game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire. The story takes place in India and showcases the hard life of an orphaned child. The movie is sad and shocking but shows that there is beauty in everything. I loved this movie and highly recommend that everyone see it.
This movie also brought me back to something that I've really had a hard time dealing with lately and that is suffering. I can no longer accept the suffering of people. How do we end this suffering? Don't we have a duty as compassionate beings to do something about it? There is just so much suffering in the world that it seems as if there will never be an end. The strangest thing is that people emerge from suffering with these amazing stories that just make the obstacles that they've overcome so much more beautiful.
Do we need a balance? Must we have suffering to be happy? Must there be violence and peace? I know that balance is essential but I just can't accept the fact that we need violence and suffering.
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Yeah. Danny Boyle films are almost guaranteed to be brilliant. Sunshine, 28 Days Later, Trainspotting....can't wait to see this one...
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Being a vegetarian is an easy way for me to make my life a stream of decisions that reduce the suffering in the world. Writing Amnesty International letters in support of prisoners of conscience is my other method. http://www.amnestyusa.org/
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