In the past two days, I have watched two movies at the same time, one is "Dog Thirteen" and the other is "In the Name of the Father". The themes of the two films are very different, but the core elements are related: a growing child, a father trying to fulfill his obligations.
A couple of days ago someone asked me: How old does a person become to be mature? In fact, thinking about age and maturity may not have much to do with it. Many times when you look mature, it may be just to cover up the powerlessness and weakness inside. However, the really strong people never cover up, look transparent, even weak, but Full of power that penetrates life, words are like swords, they can peel away truth and lies, and they can endure and wait in difficult situations, and their inner confidence never diminishes.
We might think that when we get old, or we take on enough responsibilities—marriage, parenthood, or even becoming a social elite, we will naturally learn to mature; maybe, what an older person goes through does teach him a lot of books. There is nothing that has been talked about in it; however, if we are not well taught and demonstrated how to truly mature to face problems when we should grow up, we may not really grow up in it, but just seem to wear A child dressed in an adult's clothes just stumbled into the adult world by accident.
so sorry, what a pity
Lately, I have been reminded frequently of this passage from 1 Corinthians 13:
If I can speak the tongues of ten thousand people and the words of angels, but have no love, I will be like a ringing gong and a ringing cymbal. If I have the ability to prophesy, and understand all mysteries, all knowledge, and all the faith that enables me to move mountains, but have no love, I am nothing. If I give all I have to the poor and give myself to be burned, but have no love, it will still be of no use to me.
Love is patient, love is kind; love does not envy, love does not boast, is not arrogant, is not rude, does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, all things Believe, hope all things, endure all things.
One lyric sums up "Dog Thirteen": Let's go, let's go, people always have to learn to grow up by themselves. No one taught Li Wan how to be mature and sensible, so she had to learn from her father to become a person who would not be seen when she sheds tears. And Gary in "In the Name of the Father", but because of a big unjust case, he has ten more years of being a son. Li Wan's father was a talkative person and a businessman. In the end, what Li Wan left behind was a life deeply imprisoned by loneliness and lies; while Gary's father, Joseph, was a man of few words. He himself was tough and gentle through the hard days, so that after his death, his son became a real man.
The best part of the film is that it reproduces what cannot be expressed in language and reproduces it in the way of deja vu. Joseph's life is worth comparing with his own life, to plant humility, gentleness, justice, compassion, tenacity, loyalty, and selflessness in life a little deeper and more real, and let this life show these again. Create abstract and philosophical logos, add some textures, and fill in some details; it’s not a waste of life to be a Christian, and it’s not in vain to suffer this amazing grace.
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