Don't worry I won't drop any spoilers. But I'll only mention how they talked about, forever. About how forever starts by simply allowing yourself to love someone. It got me to think about how that word means to me. As corny as it sounds, forever has actually already been written in my heart, and this is what it does to me.1. Lets me live, without the compulsive feeling of "YOLO." - "You only live once," they say. But forever means you live not just on this life, but also after it! The YOLO mentality makes you want to do reckless things, do things that make you temporarily satisfied, mostly without considering the effects of them to others and yourself.
2. Makes me want to find what I need to accomplish in this life. Cause I don't want to go to the next without knowing what I was on earth for. - Do I want to die without fulfilling my real purpose on earth? No I don't. Neither do you, I believe. Nothing beats the feeling and knowledge that you're doing what you're supposed to do. Even if you have to give up comfort, security, and even people close to you; once you're in the right track, everything seems worth it.
Once you have the concept of eternity, you really don't care about the temporary things on this earth.
3. Reminds me that, it is not about me. - It's easy to live a life of thinking of just ME, ME, ME, and I'm guilty of that. "I'm hungry." "I'm craving for this." "I'm too tired." "This person hurt me. I want revenge." "This makes me happy so I should just do it." "This hospital is too hot and too toxic, I don't want to be here anymore!" Once eternity is engraved in your heart, you realize that you're not living your life for yourself. You're living it to honor the One who holds eternity in His hands. You're living it to share His love to other people, and it brings you unspeakable joy and fulfillment no matter uncomfortable it may initially seem.
So you ask, how did this "forever" set in my heart? It's by allowing myself to know and follow Jesus, how He died on the cross for me so that I could live with Him in paradise, forever. He saved me from a forever of death and suffering, so that I could be with Him for all eternity. I've known Him for 17 years now, but the feeling is still the same, and I know Him more than ever before. I want to know Him even more! ♡
I speak of this in love, cause nothing has made me feel more loved and safe than this. This is the love that I want to pattern my love to my own future partner. After all, this is the greatest love story of all time. This is one love that will last forever.
What's your definition of forever?
PS. I personally (well, all of us in our group) liked the movie. For a person who is a big skeptic about Filipino movies, this is one major thing to get from me. ;)
