We saw The Help. Few laughs and many tears later, it was a great movie. The ugliness of people hatred is still surprising to me. I guess that's a good thing after all these years. One of the things that stands out to me from the movie is Aibileen's words to the baby girl she's raising "'you is kind, you is smart, you is important". Aibileen lived out life everyday in a world that told her as a black woman in the 60's south she had no value, yet she instilled love and confidence in each child she care for. Do you show the people in your life that they have value and worth? The Help is a must see!
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Kind, Smart, Important...
We saw The Help. Few laughs and many tears later, it was a great movie. The ugliness of people hatred is still surprising to me. I guess that's a good thing after all these years. One of the things that stands out to me from the movie is Aibileen's words to the baby girl she's raising "'you is kind, you is smart, you is important". Aibileen lived out life everyday in a world that told her as a black woman in the 60's south she had no value, yet she instilled love and confidence in each child she care for. Do you show the people in your life that they have value and worth? The Help is a must see!
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Everyone says to see that movie, but I'm wondering if I should just read the book instead.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter is now reading the book and is enjoying it almost as much as the movie, so she says.
ReplyDeleteWill watch out for this on DVD
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ReplyDeleteI loved the book so will look forward to the film. I was shocked at my own unawareness of what was going on at the time of segregation and how very recent it was.
We have a dear friend who shared with us growing up in the south,and of being a maid from age 14 to 16. This would of been in the mid fifties when she was a maid. Moving north short time later looking for a different way of life. I believe she found it for the most part. As a young girl myself when she told us, I now fully know my young mind understood so little. Thankfully! Yet this is a cruel world and by God's grace we make our way through. Hopefully many people will be touch by the story and realize we all have value.
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