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| Friday, April 18, 2008 |
| Are You Listening? |
Wanted to pen about this movie, the wedding...the other day but was so much into David D'Or's music that I had put this aside. My buddy and me went to catch this movie on one of our hectic days whereby we kinda need a good laugh to call it "a day". This movie turned out not to be what we expected it to be. Do not get me wrong, its a good show. Definitely, worth watching. There's still some laughable scenes but if you looking forward to a movie that makes you "laugh till you drop" then it will not meet your expectation.
You must be wondering so why do I insist that it's still a good movie. Cos there're a whole loads of meanings behind this movie. Its not a movie just featuring about marriage, I mean of course from my perspective, it featured more than what the title said.
I recalled that's this scene whereby the lead actor (John Krasinski featured as Ben Murphy) who had just messed up his "going-to-be" wedding day with his fiancee (Mandy Moore featured as Sadie Jones) and was sitting at the pub with his so-called best friend (Deray Davis featured as Joel). Ben was pouring out his broken heart to Joel, trying to explain to Joel that how great a wife that Sadie gonna be. But Joel was trying to put words in a way, so that Ben will forget about the whole thing and move on with life cos the wedding its not gonna occur after all. Despite what Joel stated, Ben continued to sing praises about Sadie. And at that moment, something just strikes him..."Why didn’t I listen to myself?"
The above scene inspired me, to write about this topic. And I guess this gonna be a real confusing topic, so I will try my best to be more precise as I write on.
Many a time when you hit a hindrance barrier in life, what will you do? Hindrance barrier can varies, regardless of its size or amplitude. Do you sit at a corner and ponder about it, trying to sort it all up? Or do you go, in search for friends to confide in? Or you simply try to "run away" from the entire reality altogether? Or when you have an argument with a friend, family members or your partner, do you really hear or know what they’re trying to put across?
Alright…maybe I should give another scenario, not just hindrance barrier. Let’s said that a friend or someone who just came up to you...and seek your advise, or maybe just to discuss certain things, do you really hear or know what that person is trying to tell you? Do you really "feel" that person? Do you really put yourself in the person's shoe before you put across the words that you intend to put through?
Wonder why do I ask you these? My upcoming intention or questions is very simple. But warning first…this is where what I write gonna sound really confusing, read on and close your eyes and listen to that tiny little voice in you. And here it goes:Have you ever or do you ever want to, just push away everything and for once...listen to yourself? Listening to your own "desires", your own "wants" and your own "needs". I guess most of us don’t, maybe due to the fact whereby we do not want to admit to our own "voice". And some of us do, and this cause us to be so self-centred that we simply block all the other voices coming from our friends, family or partner. Have you ever or do you ever really listen to what others say? Do you really listen to the one thing that they try to put through or do you really “feel” the one simple thing that they try to make you understand?
Getting confuse?
Alright, I try to make it much simpler:
Do you listen to yourself when you should?
Do you listen to others when you should?
"Listening" is important in life, it lets you understand yourself better, know what you really wants and also understand others. Therefore, are you listening? |
posted by Jude @ 11:24 PM  |
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