This is a note that I have at the beginning of 2015. I feel blessed to watch a good movie and it has good moral values that I can learn for the actual life. I watched “Courageous”. It was a quite old movie, but the message that it delivered is still relevant even up to now. The main theme of this movie is family. How the role of each one of us (Father, mother, and children) is important on each other life. This movie shows a lot specifically on the role of the father in the family. I hope to remember and practice what I watched from the movie
Courageous described about how 5 people from different background, become good friends. They experience different things on their youth and with that experiences, they lead their family. in the movie, we can see how their past was affecting how they treated their family. I believe that some of us can relate with that. some of us don’t have a good role model as an example for us to lead the family. But that is not the end. We can make a different. Just like the disclaimer that you usually read or hear from banker or investment course “Past Performance is Not Necessarily Indicative of Future Results”, our lives can be better.
I want to highlight some of the lessons there are 3 lessons that we can learn from them as a father:
1. You are not alone.
When you are down, remember that other people might have or will be experiencing that. So what you encounter right now is not the end. It is still hard though. For example, in the movie, Adam Mitchell experience a tragedy that he felt like the end of the world. he teach us that during that time, when everything is not making any sense, we need all family member to support each other first. During this time, remember that your close friend will also support you and God is with you to face it.
2. Be responsible.
You might think that your family is just accident, or you feel that you didn’t have control with your family. But regardless what happened, you are in the family for a reason. it is better to do what you can do today to make it better in the future rather than mourning about the past. “…the hard choice for you is whether or not your going to be angry for the time you didn’t have…, or grateful for the time that you did have” The past can’t indicate what you’ll be in the future but what you do today will determine your future
3. Set your commitment right
When you set your goal and/commitment, do it right. Don’t just do it for the sake of doing it. Honor your commitment and stick with it. You can do the things that all the fathers’ did in the movie with your commitment so that you’ll honor your commitment. And by honoring your commitment to be better, you’ll do differently with your life.
There are other things that you can learn from this movie. Agreed that this is a Christian (theme) movie and the producer showed how God still in charge and the main source of the power for the commitments that the father’s made. I can say you can choose to believe or not to believe in Him. but I believe that to be able to do that, you need Him. Make a choice for your self
No one else in life is more responsible about your future other than yourself (with the power from God)
“…But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.” – Joshua 24:15
