I honestly didn't think the newly generated Hollywood "love" stories could be any worse after Fifty Shades of Sketch, but I was wrong.
I went to see Me Before You for the purpose of watching the dashing and dimpled British actor Sam Claflin on screen, but instead, I left a fan of the character in the film, Louisa Clark.
Not only was Louisa selfless in all her close relationships - by providing for her family when her father was out of work, allowing her sister to get out while she could, and being the passionate and intentional caregiver of Will Traynor - but she knew how to love hard and with intensity, especially with Will.
She poured her time, thoughts, and heart out to Will and he selfishly shattered it because she wasn't enough.
Life with her wasn't worth living because french girls wouldn't give him the eye anymore.
His life with the girl who served him daily, brought him joy and perspective couldn't compare to the life when he was with the hottie with a body (a chick who left him for his best friend post-accident).
This guy only noticed Louisa because of his situation, and even then wouldn't sacrifice for her as much as she was willing to sacrifice for him.
The most unattractive quality a man can possess - no matter how physically attractive the man is - is selfishness. A reflex to take, not give. To put self first, not others.
This man had endless money at his disposable - to go anywhere, do anything, and receive the best care and treatment possible in his condition - and he still couldn't find purpose in his pain; he still couldn't think of others before himself.
What I am grateful for in this movie's release is that it's bringing back the discussion on euthanasia and the future legality of assisted suicide.
I encourage you to watch this documentary about depression and legal assisted suicide in Europe, but I warn you, it will severely depress and disturb you.
My heart breaks for mental illness. Living with hopelessness and pain is the hardest thing God asks us to go through. But I feel a greater sympathy for those taken too soon in this world, not so much for those looking to leave sooner than natural.
I wonder how terminally ill patients feel about those requesting an immediate exit in their earthly existence. I wonder how the children losing parents and the parents losing children feel about those who can't take one more day on this earth when they would give anything just to have one more day.
I really don't understand why suicide needs assistance. I never understood why people who want to end their life feel the need to involve others.
I think it's because something universal in us knows life is a gift from God, that it's inherently valuable, and ending it - whether our life or someone else's - is wrong and not our place to take.
Fighting to survive is the most natural instinct in your body - we have a 'will to live.'
These individuals want out of their pain, but they don't want to have to end it themselves.
They believe they have a "right to die." They believe this is "dying with dignity."
We now live in a backwards world where we have a right to die, a right to kill - anything but a right to life.
"We do not have a "right" to die. A "right" is a moral claim. We do not have a claim on death. Rather, death has a claim on us.
We do not decide when our life will end, any more than we decided when it began. Much less does someone else -- a relative, a doctor, or a legislator--decide when our life will end. None of us is master over life and death. What we do have a right to is proper care. It is never "care" in any sense of the word, to terminate life, even if that life is full of suffering. We have no right to terminate life." - Father Tim Moyle
Without the option of euthanasia people claim "they would have to kill themselves"...yet euthanasia is still suicide and even goes a step further by involving other people to help; which is murder.
Murder should not be legalized. It's bad enough that the pro-death crowd has fought for the ludicrous right to abort children.But participating in assisted suicide is the most immoral contract you can agree to, especially for healthcare professionals who facilitate the lethal drugs. Doctors take an oath to do no harm. Killing someone is the worst offense of harm. This entire facade is based on hopelessness, it's giving up on the life of the person and professing there's no hope for them.
As I Christian, I have hope. And it's my prayer that everyone have that. Life isn't meaningless. People aren't here by accident, they're here for a reason. They were designed for a purpose. There is purpose in our pain.
"And since we are His children, we are His
heirs. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God’s glory. But
if we are to share His glory, we must also share His suffering. Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory He will reveal to us later." - Romans 8:17-18
If you are a believer in property rights, you should acknowledge that the creator has ownership over their creation. We do not have ownership over ourselves, we are property of the being that made us - be that God or scientific magic. There must be ultimate sovereignty in some capacity, whichever higher being we bow down to that we develop our worldview from.
I
believe that the creator of a computer owns the right to that computer
because he designed it, gave it purpose, and crafted it specifically to
his liking. I did not create myself, I was created, therefore, I do not
own my body. My body and soul exist because of who created me. I'd
rather live in accordance to the design I was created for than my own
self-seeking pleasure.










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