Lessons About The Value Of Family
In the movie "It's A Wonderful Life" George Bailey (Jimmy Stewart) is taken by Clarence his guardian angel on a guded tour of his life in an odd retrospect.
George learns the value of his single life. George gets an opportunity to see what the consequences would be, had he never been born. He gets to see the value of his life. You see how his mother grows old as a childless widow. His uncle is sent off to an insane asylum . His brother dies as a young boy. And his wife lives life as a lonely spinster. George Bailey is not even a memory to his family and friends. Since George is not there to make his contributions to family and community the whole community suffers.
Now, I ask you to imagine the story line is turned around a bit. This time it is your life we examine in retrospect. And instead of your family and community without you, we see what your life would be like without your family. We look at those family members who have contributed not only to your life,but to your community.
What would we see? What lessons can we learn as our guardian angel guides us through this type of past? How does your real past life compare to this imagined past?
I would love to hear what you think you would see. It would be great to hear what lessons you will learn from this mental experiment. Please share them with us!
Later this month I will share the lessons I learn from this exercise.
George learns the value of his single life. George gets an opportunity to see what the consequences would be, had he never been born. He gets to see the value of his life. You see how his mother grows old as a childless widow. His uncle is sent off to an insane asylum . His brother dies as a young boy. And his wife lives life as a lonely spinster. George Bailey is not even a memory to his family and friends. Since George is not there to make his contributions to family and community the whole community suffers.
Now, I ask you to imagine the story line is turned around a bit. This time it is your life we examine in retrospect. And instead of your family and community without you, we see what your life would be like without your family. We look at those family members who have contributed not only to your life,but to your community.
What would we see? What lessons can we learn as our guardian angel guides us through this type of past? How does your real past life compare to this imagined past?
I would love to hear what you think you would see. It would be great to hear what lessons you will learn from this mental experiment. Please share them with us!
Later this month I will share the lessons I learn from this exercise.
posted by Dominic Siclare at 1:14 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home