Journey Through The Filmography Of Terrence Malick
Part I: The Tree Of Life

Watching this film is such a magical experience. It gives you perspective. Who are we? Do we really matter? Do I matter? With billions of years having passed since the Big Bang, with billions of now extinct organisms having walked the same paths I walk every day, with the existence of something as chaotic as the universe, do we really matter? Well, the answer is yes and no. In the grand scheme of things, no, we don't. I don't. I'm not important or essential to our planet. I'm just a tiny part of a much bigger cycle. I was born, I will have kids (hopefully) and then I will die. My impact on Life is summarized in three verbs. And this is the same for everyone. So, let's be humble. Let's not take ourselves very seriously. We are NOT important OR essential. On the other hand, we have a thing called society. At some point, our brains grew so much, that we decided to be something more than the other animals, meaning that we would use our ability to think and to choose. Well, seeing the modern world we obviously do something wrong. But anyway, this is not my point. My point is that since we have more than instincts, since we have virtues and ethics, since we can care for each other and form friendships, since we can be creative through art or science and make our days more beautiful by hearing our favorite song, since we have love, then yes: we are important. We are essential to the maintenance of these societies, we are essential to our loved ones. We can leave our marks to the world either by discovering something or making a remarkable work of art or by simply loving people, animals, ideas, feelings and things. All in all, we matter and we don't matter at the same time.

"Love everyone.

Every leaf.

Every ray of light."

Enough said. If everyone did this, the world would be better. Be humble. Know your place in nature and in the evolution of life. But also celebrate life. Love.

Please, love.