Healing writer Burke went to Seattle to promote his best-selling book "A-OKAY", which is a self-help book similar to chicken soup for the soul, but Burke has not really faced the death of his wife. In front of outsiders, he will more often Cover your heart with a nonchalant mask. Before the opening of the meeting with readers, he was fidgeting outside the door, entering the venue, rushing to the stage with an expression of "OK", and telling the grieving ones in the audience that everything is OK, but once the event ended, the scene of car accidents where his wife lost his life continued. Play in my mind...
Burke inadvertently met Eloise who arranged flowers for the hotel at the door of the hotel room. She has a delicate and warm flower shop. Burke, who had been in single for a long time, fell in love at first sight between encounters. It was just a little wishful thinking at first, but Burke was very good at expressing. It was this way that he opened himself up a little bit during the interaction with Eloise.
The most touching thing in the movie is the scene of Group Therapy, where people with the same experience or encounters get together, encourage and support each other, share their own happiness and pain, tide over difficulties together or change bad habits. These are not family members or lovers. Way to do it. Burke, who became a best-selling author, has never enjoyed the glory of this "savior", and still chooses to help book fans, rather than the profit and vanity of a master healer brought to him by his heartless obsessive works. In the dark, Burke asked the readers present to raise the "candle of truth" and bravely tell their past painful experiences; facing readers who have had different degrees of fear, Burke said: "Fear is an idea. We will immediately This can be proved.” He was fearless and quickly jumped past the red carbon sheet. Although soon, the soles of his feet still needed medication because of the burn, and it was still very painful.
There is a Walter who was originally a construction contractor. His son died unexpectedly when he went to the building material store to deliver goods. Walter's sister encouraged him to take this course, but he wanted to refund the ticket at the beginning. It happened that Burke passed by. , He communicated with Walter attentively: "Why did your sister ask you to come to this course?" "Because my son..." "Can I see his photos?" "He was only four years old..." "I can understand how you feel, because my wife also passed away in a car accident three years ago... You can think about it again..." Walter still took the course, but he still couldn't face his pain. When Burke When the face of Carbon Fire called for encouragement, Walter didn't have the courage to turn away. Until later, after Walter finally had the courage to say everything that was posted at the door of the building material store, Burke and other readers came to the building material store with Walter. Walter gradually gathered the courage to give him everything he was familiar with in the store. He carried various tools on his back, and when he came to the cashier with his clothes all over, Burke did not hesitate to pay for him. Walter was very moved to find that he could face life again. He said to Burke, "Thank you for helping me remember those days." Burke smiled and said, "You remembered it yourself."
Eloise accidentally learned that Burke hadn't attended his wife's funeral, and Burke passed by vaguely. Eloise encouraged Burke to visit his father-in-law in Seattle, but Burke was very afraid of his father-in-law, who was originally a soldier, so he sneaked into the kitchen and took out the parrot who was originally her wife. After being found by his father-in-law, he fled in a hurry. Leave. Because his wife had told him that if he was gone, he would release the parrot, so Burke took the parrot to the depths of the woods, opened the bird cage and said to the parrot: "You can be free." But the beautiful parrot seemed sensible. Reluctantly, no matter how Burke teased, he didn’t fly away. Burke could only turn around and leave, but after walking not far, he heard the parrot’s call, and ran back unbearably. When he came to the parrot, the parrot It seems that because I saw Burke the last time, I flapped my wings and flew to the free sky all day long. Burke held the empty birdcage and saw Eloise waiting for him, because of the emotional ups and downs, he inexplicably said something impulsive to Eloise. After returning to the hotel to calm down, Burke regretted it, but with the help of his friends, Burke was pleasantly surprised to see Eloise before the meeting the next morning. Perhaps the soul was touched. After taking the stage this time, Burke no longer just said ok, but said: "I want everyone to face the pain, but I can't face my own pain. We quarreled before for the sake of painting. Color...I was the one who drove at the time, and I killed my wife..." The father-in-law who had been lying to readers was stolen by the parrot because he could not accept that the son-in-law was always trapped in pain and couldn't face himself. He was very angry. Arrived at the venue, but when he heard Burke said this, he came to the stage and said excitedly to Burke: "It was just an accident, nothing more... What we are sad about is that after losing a daughter, we still I lost a son.... We forgive you a long time ago..." Burke finally overcame the pain and obstacles in his heart, really faced his loss and mistakes, and finally confessed the truth to the readers. Not only did he win the forgiveness of his father-in-law, but his true feelings also won the respect of all readers. Only then did his books really have meaning and soul, instead of letting his books become the kind of preaching in the "Success Series" books. Boring content.
Of course, along the way, Eloise also used her warmth to gradually open Burke’s heart knot. Eloise sent a fax to Burke to invite him to the concert, but because the concert tickets were already sold out, Eloise taught his neighbors a lot of tools in the morning. I drove the tool cart to the outside of the concert at night, raised the landing gear, stood on the high landing gear with Burke, and enjoyed the concert very happily, which also gave Burke once. unforgettable experience!
The name of the movie "Love Happens" is also very interesting. There are also translated into "Sorrowful Self-Help", "Brand New Day", "Fall in Love with You, Fall in Love with Me". In my experience, "Love" is more about saving each other in sorrow, and redeeming others is also self-salvation. The readers who participated in the activity together gave Burke the biggest reason for his role and influence on Burke. In fact, when Burke pretended to be calm and cold to preach to everyone, he was also affected by these people. With the subtle influence, while helping others, he is also helping himself. This is a kind of "love" between you and me that cares about and helps each other. Of course, Eloise has gained love, and Burke finally has the courage to face the pain and live anew!
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