Everyone falls into a trough. The difference between people is often determined by the choices you make when you are at a low point. If you try hard enough, God will send you a gentle glance. The film "Bob the Stray" tells the story of how a drug addict got out of the haze to become a new person. The film is based on real events, but it is more healing than many fictional stories.
The protagonist James is a young man in his twenties. His parents divorced, his father remarried, and he lives on the streets because of drug addiction. A homeless man and a drug addict, James's life can be imagined. He lived on the alms of passers-by and wandered the streets with a guitar every day. He finally found a place with a lot of people to play and sing, but was rejected and driven away by the security guards. Many times his daily income is not enough to buy a hamburger. The owner of the fast food restaurant would rather dump the bento than sell it to him, because he is afraid that he will affect other customers' meals. Hunger forced him to fight with stray dogs and rummage through trash cans for food. Every night, he struggled to find a place to lie down and sleep, sometimes having to move several times a night. He also had to endure the mixed contempt, fear, and shy glances from passers-by.
What's heartwarming is that, despite being in such a situation, James has always shone a strange light, with qualities that other homeless people don't have. "Beautiful plane, flying on beautiful clouds. Beautiful children, lovely frolic, they all come from school, it's a happy day. Beautiful Monday, beautiful me. Please look at me, look at me again , I'm so beautiful. Please be kind to me, be kind to me, I'm so beautiful." He sang in the noisy downtown street, and his singing was always full of hope and beauty, both for himself and the world.
He was sloppy dressed and had a shaggy beard, but his eyes were always pure and clear. His heart is extremely soft , and in the face of the indifference and disgust of others, he always chooses to bear it silently, never being anxious or arguing with others. He understands and sympathizes with his homeless friends, but insists on keeping a distance from them, because he yearns for the light , and he always believes that as long as he actively detoxifies, he can return to a normal life one day. He was always grateful . When he walked into the hut that the drug rehab doctor Val helped him apply for from the social relief organization, and found that there was hot water and a sofa in the room, the innocent smile on his face and the happiness he showed. The overwhelmed action can really warm a lot of people.
It's just that the ideal is full and the reality is very skinny. It is very difficult for a homeless homeless man to successfully detoxify , and no one can help him except Val, a volunteer doctor who has always believed in James. He can only rely on his willpower to move forward step by step, and any night of starvation and cold, with nowhere to go, may ruin his previous achievements. Until one day, he met a cat.
This is an orange cat without an owner. It accidentally broke into Bowen's apartment one night. It was not noisy, but it was unwilling to leave. James had to keep it and use the little money he had to heal it. , and gave it a name called Bob, one person and one cat began to depend on each other like this.
In our life, there is often such a moment or a thing. In the local view at the time, it may be so ordinary that we can ignore it, but in retrospect, we find that it was that bland moment that changed. The trajectory of our life. For James, this moment is the moment the orange cat walks into his apartment.
Bob is a clingy kitten, and even if James hits the streets, he will not leave him. James had to take it wherever he went. Unexpectedly, this combination of one person and one cat quickly became a street star. Imagine such a picture: a wandering singer, playing a guitar and singing, a cute orange cat, standing quietly on his shoulder, looking curiously at the passing pedestrians, will you stop and watch? ? James' daily income from performing arts has doubled, and he will soon no longer have to go hungry. Even after being smashed by gangsters and being revoked by the police to sell magazines, they are still the focus of the attention of passers-by. Many people went to James' place to buy magazines in order to see the orange cat Zunrong, and even attracted reporters. interview.
With the orange cat, James also met a girl and began to have a simple date. He also took the initiative to go to his father's house to attend the New Year's party, although the result was not pleasant. In short, because of the orange cat, everything for James began to slowly go on the right track. This also made him determined to completely quit drug addiction. He locked himself in the apartment, and during the dark week, only the orange cat silently accompanied him.
After successfully walking out of the apartment, James finds that he and his cat have gone from street stars to internet stars. A publishing company comes to publish his story, and he and his father settle the quarrel - as if the whole world is waiting hug him.
James went from an ugly duckling to a white swan, an ending that makes it easy for us to ignore the efforts he made in the transformation process. There are thousands of addicts and homeless people in the world, but how many people can get back on track? Many of us have struggled in the low points of life, as if abandoned by the whole world, but how many people can be in that Do you not give up your belief in beauty and insist on walking towards the light in the face of circumstances?
Kazuo Inamori, the sage of Japanese management, said: Even in the midst of suffering, you must work hard and give as much effort as anyone else. Only in this way will God lend a hand to help and bring incredible changes to your life. The orange cat is God's helping hand to James, which is a compliment to him for always living a serious life and working hard.
So, if you are at a low point in your life and see no way out, stop complaining and believe in the beauty of this world.
So, if you've been working hard and you haven't been blessed by your destiny, please don't give up hope and keep going at your own pace.
As long as you keep walking, the cat that belongs to you will definitely be waiting for you somewhere on the street.
The light hidden behind the clouds will surely shine into your world one day.
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