WISHES ARE LIES
Over the weekend we watched Wonder Woman 1984 with my wife. We really enjoyed it. It got very bad reviews, I don't understand why. Probably not people didn’t grasp the profound message hidden in it;
That eventually, every wish is a LIE!!!
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As a child, we weren't necessarily poor, but I remember once finding my mother crying in secret because she didn't know how we gonna make it through the month.
I also remember that we were regular lotto players. It was a glimmer of hope, an escape from the hopelessness. For that brief 20 minutes we dreamed about the pile of money we forgot our struggles. Probably it helped my mom to persevere. Probably all she bought is hope.
But never the less it was a lie. Buying lotto didn't fix our problem. It was just an escape from reality. And quite frankly, if we would have won, it would have screwed up our life.
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A few years ago, I was in conversation with a coach. She let me to tell her my struggles. I told her how I often feel inadequate and victim to my circumstances. I wasn't where I wished to be in life and I made myself miserable with that thought.
Half an hour into the conversation I had an aha-moment. I asked myself’; “What would it be if by some sort of magic, I would be granted all my wishes?”
In that moment, saw it. And it was scary!!!
Because what I also saw is that I wasn't ready. I haven’t earned it yet. And having my wish granted without earning it would screw my life up...big time! It would screw with my head and I would believe the lie; "that I'm a success." Which is obviously an arrogant, selfish and untrue place to come from. I would treat people as less than me. I would get completely self-absorbed. And I would set my life up to crumble like a house of cards.
It was scary to see the TRUTH. First, I didn't want to accept it. But then it landed and I got to see something that is a REAL VALUE in opposed to something seductive and shiny. That my job is not to be successful but to live a decent life. And for that I have everything I need. I have people to love and I have time to spend well. I don’t lack anything.
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Coming back to Wonder Woman.
( SPOILER ALERT! )
Wonder Woman has a special weapon, the lasso of truth. If she ties this lasso around someone, that person can only tell the truth. Also, it can show the truth. Wonder Woman is the embodiment of truth.
Now the antagonist is the perfect opposite. Max Lord, a failed tv personality, oil tycoon and conman, who throughout the movie gains the ability to grant any wishes to anyone.
Anything! NOT BAD, Right?
But there is a small caveat.
You get what you want, as you want it…
BUT
…you lose the one thing that you truly value.
In the movie, both the antagonist and the protagonist get to have their utmost desire granted. And you cannot help but understand the seductiveness of their wishes.
Wonder Woman wishes to bring her only love back from the dead. Max Lord wishes to become the most successful person so he can make his son proud.
And here is where the teaching comes…
Wonder Woman almost loses her strength and Max Lord almost loses her son. They didn't realize it, till life push them into a corner. What they craved for is not what they truly wanted.
Her calling wasn't to cling to the dead.
Her calling was to be a heroine to others.
His calling wasn't to make his son proud.
His calling was to be a father to his son.
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Every wish is a LIE!
A seductive one but never the less a lie.
Wishes are only here to mask the truth. We might cling to money, hold onto the past, or live for the promise of success.
But true values are always with us.
Right here, right now.
You look around you and you already have what you need. It just takes a willingness to see the truth.
What do you see when you look around you?
What holds true value to you?
What is the thing you need to remind yourself every day?
If you feel inspired and courageous share what is TRUE to you.
From the bottom of my heart,
Viktor Sághy
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