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Love and blessings, Veronica Hay
What I Learned From The Movie....
March of the Penguin
Copyright © 2005 by Veronica M. Hay
Good Morning Everyone
For the daily Insights and Inspirations
today, I would like to recommend a movie I saw on the weekend
called, March of the Penguins, produced by Warner Independent
Pictures and National Geographic Feature Films.
This movie was a surprise to me, not
at all what I was expecting. I was hoping it would be more like
"Polar Express" and I would leave the theatre feeling
uplifted and that feeling would stay with me for days. This was
a different kind of film. It was beautiful and stunning and I
was deeply touched but I couldn't help but feel the anguish and
pain that these grace filled beings suffer every year when they
endure the 70 mile - 20 day march to their breeding grounds and
the experiences that follow, to give life to the enchanting baby
penguins. There were scenes in this film that are burned in my
memory forever.
I saw this movie with a friend who
was feeling a little down and thinking his life was difficult.
After watching this documentary, both of our lives seemed like
a piece of cake. I highly recommend this movie. It will make
you laugh and it will make you cry. I have been haunted by it
ever since. This amazing story has caused me to think deeply
about so many things. It has uncovered places deep inside me
that cry out for healing and it has reminded me of what is really
important in life.
The story, beautifully narrated by
Morgan Freeman, open with the words...
"In the harshest place on earth,
LOVE finds a way.
This is the incredible true story of a family's journey to bring
life into the world."
And incredible is an understatement.
As I watched these tuxedo clad beings leap out of their ocean
home to begin their journey, walking upright in single file,
I understood the power of clear focus, keeping your mind on the
goal and moving forward with fierce determination in a way I
had not comprehended it before. I understood too about never
giving up. And as they progressed along their perilous journey
in the dark and cold and the scenery changed from previous years,
and they needed to find their way, I knew the importance of following
my own instincts and connecting to my own inner guidance. I appreciated
how important it is sometimes to just keep going, even if it
means you may have to crawl on your belly for awhile.
After the long, cold and arduous trek
to their mating ground, I sat raptured as each penguin chose
a partner, someone especially for them, from a sea of what only
appeared to be identical partners, wondering just how and why
they made their choice. And then I witnessed what had to be the
most tender, delicate, intricate, courtship dance on the planet,
intimate, affectionate and stunningly beautiful. Totally enthralled
with this ritual, there were moments here where I didn't know
where these beautiful beings ended and I began.
Each female, lucky enough to have found
a mate, laid a single egg and that egg was very carefully transferred
to her male partner, to guard and hatch while the now very weak
female begins her journey back the same 70 miles to obtain nourishment
again on the ocean floor.
As I later viewed the fathers gently
hovering over their new born offspring, the baby chick cradled
on top of their feet, I felt their deep love and parental bonding
and I experienced the sacredness and importance of sustaining
life at all costs. And as I witnessed thousands of penguins huddled
together braced against the elements, I realized the importance
of sticking together for a common goal and the comfort that a
sense of community can bring. Each one took turns on the outside
and inside of the circle in order to share the warmer and cooler
spots and I saw first hand what integrity and a sense of fair
play can mean to the interconnectedness of all living things.
Now desperately needing nourishment
of their own, and elated at the safe return of the females, I
witnessed each father, with great sadness, getting ready to leave
his baby chick and listening for the chick's song, so that he
would recognize him or her, upon his return and I remembered
that we are all born with our own unique song in our heart and
when we sing that song with love, our true nature is instantly
recognizable and our extraordinary life purpose fulfilled.
And later when I listened to one mother
penguin cry out in pain over the loss of her chick to the bitter
cold, I ached too for my own lost family and understood her grief.
As the weather warmed and I saw another mother push her little
one out to mix and mingle with the other young penguins, I was
transported back to my first day at school when my own mother
did the exact same thing to me.
Near the end of the movie I watched
in shock as the parents finally walked away and left their young
ones behind. In that moment, I felt a strong sense of betrayal,
abandonment and fear as my own need to cling to things long after
they are over surfaced once again. I was reminded of the importance
of letting go and moving on, taking that next step or leap of
faith into a brave new world, as these little ones eventually
did with their first courageous leap into the sea, their new
home for the next four years, until they too would make this
remarkable journey.
Until this film, I was not aware of
what is involved in the life of a Emperor Penguin as I am unaware
of so many other amazing things that happen on our planet. What
if, in the media, instead of focusing on the comings and goings
of Hollywood's hottest celebrities, we strive to learn more about
the nature of the universe and the wonders of our planet instead.
How our lives would be so changed for the better I suspect, if
we each did that. I applaud everyone who was involved in bringing
this beautiful story to life and I thank you for a job well done.
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