The DEEP Importance of "It's a Wonderful Life"

A Magical Movie for Magic Monday

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I'm excited to bring you the first Magic Monday post. I publish these posts on Mondays to help uplift, inspire and hopefully to improve your life in some small way. I used to write these to my email list and now am starting to do it here.

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Note: There are some spoilers in this post. So if you haven't watched it already you may want to watch the classic movie "It's a Wonderful Life" before reading this post.

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It wasn’t until my late twenties that I first saw the classic movie "It's a Wonderful Life". I wish I had seen it sooner but maybe I wasn't ready yet for it's deep meaning.

Of course, I had heard about that movie year after year as it was always played on TV around Thanksgiving and Christmas time. Instead I watched other Christmas movies like "March of the Wooden Soldiers." After I saw "It's a Wonderful Life", it brought me to tears of joy and gratitude at the end. What a fabulous story and amazing ending.

The funny thing is that each time I've rewatched it over the years, I would start crying at more and earlier points during the film.

These days I start to cry right in the very first minute of the movie. And I believe it's because there is deep spiritual significance at the beginning of the movie. In fact, I would say this movie was Divinely inspired.

Firstly it's a great story. The great director of this film Frank Capra, (and other writers) did an amazing job on adapting the short story "The Greatest Gift" by Philip Van Doren Stern. While that short story is quite good how he adapted it to a movie is a thing of poetry. Yes I recently read “The Greatest Gift.”

Secondly, Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed do an absolutley amazing job of acting. Honestly this movie is as close to perfection as there is. The many supporting actors do a wonderful job as well. If you have a heart you will not be able to stop yourself from shedding a tear.

Thirdly, embedded in this movie are powerful spiritual principles and life lessons.

I don't think of it as a Christmas movie but more of a spiritual movie.

One of the most impactful parts for me is right at the beginning of the movie when all of these people in Bedford Falls are praying for this man George Bailey. That brings me to tears. And I finally figured out why?

How can I explain this?

I've had a lot of painful experiences in my life (like most people my age) and so I am able to feel deep sympathy for the difficult circumstances in which George wanted to kill himself and or wish he had never been born. Certainly there were several times in my life that I wished I was never born and or wanted to kill myself.

Life here on Earth can be so very difficult at times. Especially for honest and caring people. Not so much for the psychopaths who seem to run most of the governments on our planet these days.

The key realization I got recently is that the angels really do feel our pain and do hear our prayers. When you are physically or emotionally broken and in tears and praying to God for help please realize that God is really listening to you.

The other realization I got is that God and the angels feel your pain as much as you do and really want to help. You only have to sincerely ask for help from God and he (or she or it) will help you in the right way based on your circumstances and karma.

For God is all about LOVE.

Hence, my urgent message to you is that God is listening. God is inside of you and you are a part of God. That angelic help is always waiting to be given. Especially so to an unselfish Soul like George Bailey.

No he wasn't perfect but you can see all throughout the movie, all of the unselfish deeds he did for the greater good of the people in his life and town of Bedford Falls.

The last 8 minutes of the movie is a tearfest for me. (You can see there more examples of the brilliant acting by Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed. And the scene where his children say Merry Christmas daddy brings a flood of tears and where he is just so GRATEFUL (spiritual principle of gratitude) now for all of his cute children.

Another favorite part of the movie for me is near the very end when George's war hero brother Harry just comes into his house and makes a toast.

"A toast, to my big brother George, the richest man in town."

An abolute tear jerker and a Divine truth. The story explains a wonderful spiritual principle.

True riches are inner.

If you want to be truly rich now and in Heaven then you must give selfless and loving service to others. The more you give the more you make yourself truly rich in God's and your neighbors eyes.

So remember anyone can be rich. Do good and be of service to others as much as you can. Be ready to help them when they want and need your help.

By giving and being of service you unlock the true inner riches in life.

That is what this movie is all about.

It's a spiritual lesson in the form of a movie. These are high spiritual principles but demonstrated through common Earthly life experiences.

May you enjoy it as much as I have. I know there are millions of raving fans for this movie who watch it at least once a year if not more.

And please do share your comments below. It would mean the world to me to hear of your experiences with this movie and the spiritual principles embedded within.

I’m also curious as to what percentage of my readers have actually seen this movie. So I’m going to post a quick poll below.

How bout a second poll?

And again a Happy New Year to you.

Your Radiant Health, Fitness and Infinite Potential Coach,

Roger Haeske

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