6/21, #lockdownenrichmentforthesoul, International Movie Recommendation

CRASH, Streaming on Netflix

After watching 'Crash', I could not but be reminded of Abraham Lincoln's quote

With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds.

There are wounds a plenty.

Wounds caused and carried internally within the hurting individual.

And then there are the perceptions, preconceived notions, deep rooted prejudices, judgments, opinions and sweeping generalizations, which amply contribute to ineffective transactions between individuals, leading to additional wounds.

The cumulative wounds of the world, could be at a scary high!!!!

Thus, there is a compelling case for binding the World's wounds.

Identity seems to revolve around, geography, language, dress, appearance, eating habits, music, dance, values and beliefs. I guess everybody has natural inclination to feel proud about elements of their identity.

Alas! pride tends to extend to a feeling of misplaced superiority, about one's own identity.

'Crash' mirrors the innumerable conflicts that arise out of the vulnerability of being human, the futility of being judgmental, the loftiness in accepting people as they are and the extraordinary beauty in the relationships that embellish the HUMAN IDENTITY.