I am convinced that all of us have dreams inside us that we yearn to fulfill. Yet we can miss out on enjoying life if we do not simultaneously keep our focus on living fully in the present.
Last night I saw the movie UP. The lead character is a 78 year old grieving widower who follows the life long dream his wife and he had to visit Paradise Falls in South America. He flies there in his house that is pulled aloft be the most fantastic array of brightly colored helium balloons. To his dismay he discovers that he has inadvertently brought a long a young boy who happened to be on the porch when the house took flight. While aloft he finds a photo album which his wife had put together of their life together which shows that she saw her whole life with him to have been an adventure. Our old man reaches the Falls, has his share of adventures, and returns home with a warm love for the little boy and a renewed zest for living.
I liked the fact that this movie depicted the importance of love and sharing. We see that the old man and his wife shared love and adventure throughout their life together. At the end of the movie we see the old man happily enjoying the companionship of Russel, the boy, and Dug, the dog they acquired on this adventure.
We need both the joy of making our dreams a reality and being fully present in our life every day.
