I don't know how I have missed this video so far - Angelina Jolie's speech on receiving the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 2013 Governors Awards. What an amazing woman! It is one of the best raw and inspiring videos I have come across. With so much grace and poise, she's modeling the power of kindness and love that a woman has, to help transform this world. She is a true beauty, someone to look up to. It is why God gave some people more money than others, to see what would they do with it in this life. Angelina Jolie is one example of how this life works.
Here's a quote of her speech at the end of the video, I love her, I used to think the same as her: "I have never understood why some people are lucky enough to be born with the chance that I had, to have this path in life and why across the world, there is a woman just like me, with the same abilities and the same desires, same work ethic and love for her family, who would most likely make better films and better speeches. Only she sits in a refugee camp, and she has no voice. She worries about what her children will eat, how to keep them safe, and if they'll ever be allowed to return home. I don't know why this is my life and that's hers. I don't understand that but I will do as my mother asked, and I will do the best I can with this life, to be of use. And to stand here today means that I did as she asked. And if she were alive, she would be very proud." Here's the video:
Death. Damn it. I don't know how I feel about it anymore. I accept it. I understand everyone is going to die and that the only question left is "when". Some old, some young, some get ill, some don't and some just pass away without a notice. It is sad when someone close to you, someone you are used to having around, dies. Things won't be the same anymore when that person is missing. But it's fine. It's life. It's not easy, but when we understand it, we must deal with it, and continue on. Because life continues on. I have talked about it before, the way I see life - as a test - something temporary that we need to go through and pass. Life is not easy and it shouldn't be, by all means and all ways. It is an adventure. A hard adventure. We are babies, we are teenagers, we are adults, we work, we study, we learn, we fight, we lose, we win, we love, we hate, we laugh, we cry, we gain people, we lose people, we build things, we change things.... In the end, it's all about how we deal with all of the things that happen. The most important thing is to always remember not to get angry with God, with the world or life. But understand, learn and move forward.
Acceptance and wisdom is all it takes. Life.
Well, I wrote this, because of the late incidences that happened, where two of my friends lost a close family member, where one was old and ill, and the other one, was young, very healthy, and died out of a sudden heart attack. It was shocking and unpredictable. Very sad. I felt very weird and worried. I immediately thought about my family and how I live far away and don't spend much time with them often. I wanted to go and hug everybody. I don't want to have regret. I love them, I want to be with them, spend time, help and learn from them as much as I can, before it gets too late. Because that kind of death happens, and people may die just suddenly, we should try to be as much as we can with the ones we love and care about, so we won't have regret when the worst happens. Cherish the things you have, including the people around you, your family, friends and those you care about, before it's too late. "Live each day as if it's your last."
