Its a Wonderful Life

What is life? Some say it is just a journey to death, which is the final destiny and destination of us all. Very true, but I think life is more than just a journey towards death. It is about being someone, affecting lives of people and influencing the world in a way which leaves the world different from what it would have been without you. A person who lives in isolation(and hence probably in blissful ignorance), I think, is as good as dead. I think this is the message that the movie "It's a wonderful life" wants to give us. I found it a particularly touching movie and it changed my outlook towards life. But I watched it long ago, so why the sudden surge now to write a blog on it? Well, that movie just changed my perspective, not my actions. I continued to live life in the same way as before. However, In the last few months, after having lost my cousin brother in a car accident, I feel that I am a changed person in terms of my actions too. The loss of my brother , for the first time, made me realize how precarious and important life is, not just of oneself but also of people who one knows. All of us spend so much time worrying about small things and in the process miss enjoying the precious gift of life given to us. I think that Its a Wonderful Life and deserves more than our one dimensional outlook towards life and people.