My kids begged us to watch “The Lorax” movie the other night…
I was reluctant at first (having bad recollections of other movies they’d asked me to watch – a la Chipmunk movies).
This movie (and the book it was based on) was surprising to me on a few levels. Firstly, how long ago it was written and that I’d never read/remembered reading it, and then again about how “current” it felt.
After stuff has gone horribly wrong (not wanting to go all ‘spoiler alert’ if you haven’t seen it) there comes this line, referencing a word that has been left as a statue…
“But now,” says the Once-ler, “now that you’re here, the word of the Lorax seems perfectly clear. UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”
And there goes the deep ‘ker-thunk’ moment of the movie… I sat mulling it over for a bit.
As I thought about it, I realised how grateful I am that so many people I know actually do CARE an awful lot, and that gives me hope that lots of things are going to get better.
Whatever it is you care about, keep caring. What you’re doing to make things better, keep doing it.
And thank you. x