"Beauty comes from a life well-lived. If you lived well, your smile lines are in the right places, and your frown lines aren't too bad. What more do you need?"
I've always been fascinated by activists, people who will devote their life to a cause, people who go to India and to Africa and put their life in jeopardy to do what they believe is right
Listen. Can you hear it? The music. I can hear it everywhere. In the wind… in the air… in the light. It’s all around us. All you have to do is open yourself up. All you have to do … is listen.
"When you get those rare moments of clarity, those flashes when the universe makes sense, you try desperately to hold onto them. They are the lifeboats for the darker times. When the vastness of it all, the incomprehensible nature of life is completely lucid. So the question becomes or should have been all along, what would you do if you knew you only had one day, or one week, or one month to live? What lifeboat would you grab on to? What secret would you tell? What band would you see? What person would you declare your love to? What wish would you fulfill? What exotic locale would you fly to for coffee? What book would you write?"
This is a quote from a movie I just finished watching. It is called One Week. It is a love letter not only to Canada but to life - and it is about remember who you are and holding on to that. I really recommend that you watch this movie. Be prepared to be wowed by the grand nature of Canada, to be moved, to laugh and to cry with the main character Ben Taylor (played by Joshua Jackson).