The Gods Must Be Crazy is a 1980's film by Jamie Uys.
It's follows the story of a tribe in the Kalahari Desert living a peaceful, simple life in comparison to the lives of people in South Africa.
That peace however was destroyed a bottle dropped from the sky. The tribe thought it was from the gods. They found it seemingly intriguing and it can do anything. However this bottle was the cause why the tribe started fighting and hurting each other.
In result, one of the leaders vowed to journey to the end of the earth yo dispose the bottle.
The film, in my opinion, practically shows us to be contented. The people in the Kalahari were alright. They didnt have the technology, the food and the transportation we've got, which are better, yet they seem happy.
They treated each other as family, are united like family and loved each other.
Sometimes there are objects in our lives that blind us. It makes us selfish and makes us forget about the other people around us.
What we think can make our lives better sometimes makes it worse. It makes us isolate the other people around us and makes us focus on ourselves.
Like in the film, the tribe was fine. They were united and helping each other. They were happy. However the bottle seem to trigger the selfishness in them. They want it all for themselves. It blinded them from their real happiness...
But they knew the happiness of the tribe was far more important than the bottle.
So one was willing to make the sacrifice in order to have that happiness and peace again...
I think this applies in our lives too.
No comments:
Post a Comment