I Am – A documentary by Hollywood director Tom Shadyac
A must see for anyone who is looking for more meaning in your life. This is a quote from Tom in the final scene of the documentary.
Howard Zinn’s says “you can’t be neutral on a moving train” and it’s true none of us are neutral. We all cast our vote each day by what we do and what we don’t do, and yes the moving trains today are still hunger, human rights, war and the devastation of the natural world. But there is another moving train; it’s the new world that’s being born.
Here’s the good news for all of you on that moving train, there is no such thing as a tiny act. The way you greet someone, the joy you experience in nature, with family friends and strangers, it all matters. The science is clear, each of us and the 100 trillion crazy, weird, miraculous cells that make us up, really do have the power to change the world.
When I was facing death I wanted to tell you what I know. This is it, that all things are connected and one. And as long as we treat each other, even our enemies, as separate we will continue to have exactly the same world that we have. There is a way out of this and it is also shorter than G.K. Chesterson letter (He was asked “what’s wrong with the world” and he answered “Dear sir’s - I am”) - LOVE
Now that is not utopian, it’s real. It’s scientific and its in our DNA. So now I ask one more question – What’s right with the world? Here’s to the hope that one day we can all answer that the same way – I AM
AjP
