What do you first say when you want to tell your friends or the whole world that you have something grand or life changing to say?
I guess by saying it from your heart.
Rise of the Guardians is a movie that I will cherrish in my heart for eternity because of the message it spoke to me.
Jack Frost a boy who was lost, couldn't remember who he was and most of all his wonder, and why no one could see him. The reason: No one believed in him because he didn't believe in himself and therefore, he forgot who he really was.
Why did the man in the moon believe in Jack Frost? Is because even though Jack lost his way, there was someone who believed in him.
Now Jack was the person in this film that spoke to my heart the most, but other characters such as the Man in the Moon and The Boogeyman also played a part.
Jack Frost spoke to me because, well, I have been like him for a long time. At times I cruised through life putting on a happy face just to show others that I was happy; doing awesome stuff to get a smile or a yeah man, but when the happiness died down, I was the unhappy me again. Then I start to think, who am I really?
Then through the film Jack is encouraged, he dares to try and discover something about himself at what the Boogeyman had, then it took the last person in the world to help him remember who he is and finally he started to believe in himself and therefore, he became visible.
Like Jack I lived my life for a long time trying to work out who I am, putting on a face to make people see that I am happy, but when I was alone my fear and emptiness came back. I was unhappy. It took the Rise of the Guardians, to remind me who I am. I was reminded to the time I was a kid climbing up onto my parents roof, had cousins and friends all around, and my goal was to jump onto a trampoline below, and I did it. I jumped off. I DARED to jump off. But why, what made me believe in climbing up to a height where I knew the risk, but I also knew that I could do it.
I did it because I believe in myself. I had a daring spirit, but most of all I was different. All these lost years, I wondered why I was so different. All I can think of and now believe, I was born to be different and dared to do what others seems dangerous. It took this film to help me remember what my centre is and who I really am and so, now that I can learn to believe in myself more, people will finally see...me!
"You are the light of the world. No one lights a lamp and puts it under a bowl, instead it is placed on its stand, so it shines in the whole room. Then those who see, will marvel and praise the one who is in heaven." Jesus
This brings me to what the Man in the Moon represented for me.
The Man in the Moon believes in everyone, gives life and gives to those accordingly. It helped Jack Frost to become who he is and gave him his abilities. The man in the moon didn't speak, it was like he was invisible, but also visible as the moon. To me, the Man in the Moon figure is God. He didn't speak verbally, but at times he showed the way and at times he used others. The man in the moon didn't just work in the extra-ordinary, but in the ordinary.
Why the man in the moon (God) didn't answer Jack Frost when he asked? A lot of the time, that is exactly happens when we talk to God. We hear no verbal communication, but the man in the moon (God) speaks to us at a right and appointed time. When we ask at that time when we want means the answer isn't ready yet or not the right time or we are not in the right attitude for the answer.
He believed in Jack Frost. Like Jack when he fell into the freezing water and at life's end the man in the moon changed Jack from an ordinary person into the person the Man in the Moon (God) believed in.
As soon as Jack Frost became invisble to being seen be that last kid, with my observation skills I learnt at JMC Academy in Story 2, I immediately saw a story I can do.
This is what I wrote down,'You believe in me? Then I will believe in you. God wants people to believe in him, but people can't see Him because he is invisible, so how can people believe in God? He send his son Jesus. Whoever believes in Jesus, will believe in God.'
This is where I was filled with joy and the trigger of looking into my past, like Jack Frost, and find the event that showed who I am.
As for the boogeyman, he is exactly like the character in Rise of the Guardians who goes out to bring fear and doubt to all of us. To me, the Boogeyman represents, The Devil/Satan. Who else fits this role as the villian, who wants nothing else, but to destroy the Man in the Moon and his creation.
Now that I can learn to believe in myself again and found who I am ment to be and believe in what the Man in the Moon (God) believes who I am, I don't need to be afraid of the boogeyman (The Devil/Satan) because of the strength that is in me.
I guess you can say this is my testimony, the words from my heart.
This is the day that the man in the moon (the Lord) has made and I will rejoice and be glad in it.
Rise of the Guardians is a movie that has changed my life. Maybe it can change your life too.
- Ben William Lines -
