the world holds many gifts, gifts that feed us and warm us and entertain us, but sometimes among all those gifts is a jewel that shines more brightly than all the others, a treasure that fills us and guides us. i have found such a treasure in the movie peaceful warrior, the story of dan millman and his teacher socrates. what a beautiful, unexpected gem this film is for me.
i saw this movie today (never even knowing about it until today); i will watch it again and again, adding it to my own library.
one of the lines in the movie reminded me of a discussion in my past several posts. dan comes to socrates with an insight claiming anger, hatred, and violence are only products of fear, and i realized he gets it! anger, hatred, and violence, when distilled, are proven to be merely expressions of fear. (this is not the theme of the movie, simply a single statement.)
i hope you will love the film as much as i do.
4 comments:
Haven't seen the movie yet, but the book was wonderful, and based on my previous experience of movies and books, I recommend you read the book.
sounds fantastic. you don't know if it is on relase over here in the uk?
So far, I've only watched it six times...
:-)
Glad you're experiencing its riches, too!
kat ~ thank you for the recommendation. i hadn't thought about looking for the book but will do so now. thanks a bunch....
cj ~ the book is available in the uk but i don't know about the film.
jon ~ i'm delighted to know you enjoy it as much as i do! i've started sharing my copy of the dvd with friends.
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