I just got done watching Room and had a similar reaction to it that I did when I saw Eclipsed this last spring. I walk away from such productions feeling so fortunate and lucky that I have never been forced to do anything with my body that I didn't want to do. Never have I given my body (whether for money or by force) to protect myself or my children. Furthermore, i feel privileged to have food, an education, water that doesn't cause life threatening diarrhea. I have the opportunity to have an existence that has space for laughter, fun, relaxation, smiles, love, dance, hugs, art, life.
It makes me so angry that these facts induce feelings of being lucky....fortunate...privileged. These things: protection, joy, opportunity should be a right for all humans. Nobody should be hurt to the point of being unable to love, neglected (by individuals and society) to the point of not having what they need to live life to its fullest, stripped of their childhood and the opportunity of joy and laughter.
Sometimes I think God should protect us more, He should show His face, He should be the protective wing we hide under, like is written about in Psalms. I love Him so dearly and wish the world was as He intended.
I wish we didn't live in a world of shoulds towards ourselves, others or God...but in a world of haves and cans and freedom. Let us, please, work together to create a world with more loves and cans a fewer injuries and shoulds.
We can be kind to others. We can heal. We can overcome. We can.
