This is a movie based on the book Before I Die by Jenny Downham. And I just finished watching it.
This is amazing. And I don't know how else to describe it, but it's even more than amazing. The story is of a teenage girl dying from leukemia and what she wants to do before she dies. And it's about moments. To seize the time you have because you never know when it will end.
I don't normally cry at films, but this one made me. And that's not easy. I don't know it just made me think about how life is too short and that not everyone has the ability to do everything they want in life and that really sucks. It reminded me about the fact that people who are healthy take advantage of that and we don't cherish our time.
Moments...our life is a series of moments, all gathering towards this one. This is how the story begins and ends. It made me think, all these moments in my life the good, the bad, and the ones that seem like nothing but are some of the best, these are the things that are shaping my life. And I have control of them. I get to decide what moments mean to me.
It's easy when you don't have anything that is making you think about the fact that some day you will die, it's easy to ignore that fact. But maybe what we need to do instead is embrace it. I think it would make people better if they did. Because I know that if I were dying I'd make my days count. And I'd make sure people would know how much they mean to me, and I don't do that now.
So maybe that's what life is about, doing something good in the world. Even if only a few remember it. Because we only have short amount of time on this earth and why shouldn't we at least try to do something that could change it.
Love,
Natalie
P.S. (I'm sorry if this doesn't make any sense my emotions haven't been reigned in yet.)
This is amazing. And I don't know how else to describe it, but it's even more than amazing. The story is of a teenage girl dying from leukemia and what she wants to do before she dies. And it's about moments. To seize the time you have because you never know when it will end.
I don't normally cry at films, but this one made me. And that's not easy. I don't know it just made me think about how life is too short and that not everyone has the ability to do everything they want in life and that really sucks. It reminded me about the fact that people who are healthy take advantage of that and we don't cherish our time.
Moments...our life is a series of moments, all gathering towards this one. This is how the story begins and ends. It made me think, all these moments in my life the good, the bad, and the ones that seem like nothing but are some of the best, these are the things that are shaping my life. And I have control of them. I get to decide what moments mean to me.
It's easy when you don't have anything that is making you think about the fact that some day you will die, it's easy to ignore that fact. But maybe what we need to do instead is embrace it. I think it would make people better if they did. Because I know that if I were dying I'd make my days count. And I'd make sure people would know how much they mean to me, and I don't do that now.
So maybe that's what life is about, doing something good in the world. Even if only a few remember it. Because we only have short amount of time on this earth and why shouldn't we at least try to do something that could change it.
Love,
Natalie
P.S. (I'm sorry if this doesn't make any sense my emotions haven't been reigned in yet.)
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