The Impossible

Tonight I watched the movie "The Impossible" for the first time, and I came home with such a weight on my heart but also am overwhelmed with a feeling of love and inspiration. If you haven't seen the movie I suggest you watch it at least once, and I think I can only watch it the one time I did. If you are not sure what the movie is about, it's about a family of five, a mom, a dad and three sons. They go on vacation for Christmas to South East Asia and are right by the ocean when the record breaking tsunami hit. Their family got split up, the mom ended up finding her oldest son while they were both being swept away in the water and the dad found the two youngest sons both hanging onto trees. I won't tell you all the details about the movie but the fact that this movie is based on a true story about that event and the people the family came in contact with through their journey to be reunited was incredible. The kindness that people showed to absolute strangers, the feeling of togetherness with all the people who were in the hospitals or looking for loved ones. I can not even imagine the feelings and pain that those people went through who survived that terrible disaster, and who lost everything they loved most in life. It left my heart feeling heavy seeing in the movie the amount of dead bodies they had found, and the family members searching to find them. It left me feeling heavy because everyone that was involved in that tragedy will never be the same and although the story ended well and seemingly impossible for the one family I can't help but think of all the families that never found each other and never got to hug each other or kiss each other one last time. But in a strange was I was overwhelmed with love. The love that the family had for one and other was astonishing. There was a scene where the brothers all find each other again and I lost it. The moment was so touching to see the love that the brothers had for one another and it made me think about my sisters and our relationship and how thankful I am to have them in my life. It made me feel overwhelmingly inspired to see the way that people just tried to help each other. In a scene where the mom is in bad shape a village of ladies wipe her face with water and give her a clean shirt and in that moment to I lost it. It was so inspiring to see these people who have so little already, give to others without a second thought. There were many cases in the movie with people doing things for others even though their lives are also going haywire. It was so inspiring and uplifting to think of the genuine good and kindness that people have in their hearts. I'd like to think I'd be so strong and so helpful in that situation and so selfless. God bless all those people who lost their lives, helped saved lives, the survivors and the families of all the people who were in any way affected by this tragedy. I can't help but place all of you in my prayers and be thankful for the life that I am blessed to have. If you haven't watched this movie, I encourage you to do so, it is a movie that will make your eyes at least tear up a bit but worth it. Remember to be kind to one another and be helpful to those who need it. We are all human and we all can use a little help sometimes, it shouldnt take a tragedy to allow us to think about others and help out those in need, there are people everywhere around you that can use some form of help. Give it to them. In the end of our lives even if we have all the money on the world we can't take it with us when we go...And like I've quoted before..."it's not what you take when you leave this world behind you, it's what you leave behind you when you are gone."