Last Minutes with ODEN from phos pictures on Vimeo.
It’s unbelievable that our own fear can cause us to hurt those that we love the most. In this case Woody was too afraid to let go of his relationship with Oden(his dog) that he caused Oden to live in pain. The beautiful part about this was that regardless of the situation Oden was able to continue giving love regardless of the pain he was in. It was only when Woody was able to come to terms with his own fear and act out of unconditional love for Oden that he was able to let Oden move on.
Fear can easily take control of a situation when we don’t base our actions on love and faith. It’s difficult not basing our actions off fear because we our putting ourselves out there.
I know that at time’s in my life I was so afraid of being alone that I’d hang out with everyone and anyone regardless of their goals or morals. In the end I was the one who ended up suffering the consequences. Although I had my array of friends I had created a spiritual void –all from fear. Yet when I was alone I felt content- I felt inner peace because I didn’t need anyone with me. Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) once said “… Allah is sufficient a friend…”
Just to clarify, I’m not saying that you should go live as a hermit. What I am saying is that if a moment that makes you uncomfortable presents itself, accept it. Live it out, put your self in a situation that you’ve never been before. I’m convinced this is the only way to live one’s life, unless you’d like to stay in a box all your life.
I'll leave you with this quote by Rumi:
Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.
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