Revolutionary Road

I went to see Revolutionary Road about a week ago with a group of friends. I had not seen many previews for it at all. In fact, all I really knew about it was that Leonardo Dicaprio and Kate Winslet were starring in it, so I knew I wanted to see it. Let's face it they are one of the greatest on screen couples in movie history. So I went in to the movie thinking it would probably be another triumphant love story or maybe it would be tragic like Titanic. Well it was nothing like my pre concieved notions, that's for sure. It was however, tragic. It was tragic in that poetic way that reaches your soul, breaks your heart, and powerfully moves you all at once. It was a movie that once again reminded me how important the big dreams of life are, and how giving up on those dreams can pain you forever. Not that everyone will reach those big dreams they want to, but the fact that so many of us don't reach at all for them or we give up on them prematurely is the tragic part. When did this idea of the American dream trap us into believing we only have a select window of time for achieving greatness? When did we trade no boundaries for picket fences, overseas discoveries for soccer games? When did so many people decide to stop striving for something greater than themselves? Knowing so many have made that decision breaks my heart for them, but also knowing that so many refuse to settle and refuse to give in is what keeps me striving for what is beyond the stars. I think the Almighty would want us to believe anything is possible and that we can achieve it with Him, we just have to decide to do it and believe in it with our whole hearts, refusing to give in. That is where greatness begins, that is where revolutions are born.

"Make a wish and place it in your heart. Anything you want, everything you want. Do you have it? Good. Now, believe it can come true. You never know where the next miracle is going to come from, the next smile, the next wish come true. But, if you believe that it is right around the corner and you open your heart and mind to the possiblitiy of it. The certainty of it. You just might get the thing you were searching for. The world is full of magic, you just have to believe in it. So make your wish. Do you have it? Good. Now believe in it with all your heart."
-One Tree Hill