Water is the Color of My Luck

If you haven't seen up, turn away now. Spoilers ahead.

So anyway, I just saw the movie UP. As usual, I always see the movie a week after everyone else has, only because I live on such a tight schedule. Prior to watching it, friends were telling me to bring a hanky or a box of tissues. I get what they mean.

I actually didn't cry but tears threatened to spill. A few minutes into the movie and I felt like. What struck me most, though, were all the symbolisms I gathered from the various happenings. Sometimes, fantasies are just fantasies. What's more important is to live in the now. Most of the time, where you are is what's best for you.

People come into our lives, and they may sometimes be annoying. Russell was just that, but he proved to be the click in the pen that would change you for good. Then there was Kevin, a nuisance at first, who had a purpose. He saved Mr. Frankenson a number of times. And the dog... as the saying goes, a dog chooses his master, not the other way around.

One thing I learned in my years of healing people is to let go of the past so that we can move on. The past holds us back from reaching our ultimate goal. It hit me, as soon as Mr. Frankenson's house landed in Paradise Falls, that it wasn't how it was supposed to be. Ellie wasn't there, he was all alone, Russell hated that this man gave away Kevin, the creature that saved their lives. But the dog was still there, loyal as ever to his master, and believed in him. You just have to love dogs.

When Mr. Frankenson got rid of the stuff in his house in order for it to fly, it was like he got rid of the excess baggage, the things that hold us back. And when he lost his house to save the people he cared about, and he said,"It's just a house!" he was letting go. Sometimes, you just have to let go to know how to proceed.

So there it was in the end. After everything that happened, when he looked once more at Ellie's book adventures, beyond the pages of "What I'm Going to Do" were not empty pages, but pictures, mementos and captions of the events she treasured most with the people she cared for most. The past stays in the past and the future is yet to be made. You just have to live right here, right now!