Well here we go again....questioning and digging for truth. Something I do all the time via books, movies, friends, and frankly where ever I may find myself.
This week I decided to take a look at, for fun and really as my canvas so to speak, the movie "The Adjustment Bureau" with Matt Damon. I really enjoyed the movie for many reasons, his acting, the story, and the platform to question as a woman of faith, who really is in charge? Our own free will, fate, destiny, chance or a combination of all of the above.
As a child I was raised in a home with high expectations of who and how I would live life. Early on I realized mistakes were not appreciated nor wanted. So I then too, had high expectations of myself and fearfully lived life not wanting to make a wrong turn or decision. As years passed I realized living to please another is harder than to make mistakes. I have since made a conscience choice to live from the heart not always the head- were analysis was a form of self protection. Never the less, the question has always baffled me. Does it matter what choices I make?....Do all paths lead to the same road??..Is what happens what is meant to happen??
In "The Adjustment Bureau" those questions are tackled when Matt Damon's character meets a woman he simply cannot live without. The viewer is introduced to a series of conversations were a group of people's job is to ensure "he sticks to the plan" for his life as the "Chairman" had previously decided. David Norris (Matt Damon) had been preordained to be a senator and in time run for the presidency. His whole life had been orchestrated to fit that end. That is until he is introduced to Elise Sellas (Emily Blunt)who initially was only meant to inspire not to be his love interest. All forces are set up against them to keep them apart. David however not only questions the plan but resists it and challenges it every step of the way asking why and why not?...as a viewer I found myself identifying with him.
He is presented with having to make the choice, staying with her, which meant what she is meant to be and do does not happen, or walking away for good. How he handles and tackles those choices is the meat of the movie so I will not give it away here. I think we all question that at some point in our lives. To what extent do I really have a choice and does it matter?... Our ability to choose for ourselves is I believe our greatest gift. Using that gift is both our right and our responsibility (for we still have to face the consequences of what we choose) so how we use it, is perhaps the greater question, we have to begin with. So here it is again...who is in charge of your life??
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