Life Is Beautiful

"Natasha has just come up to the window from the courtyard and opened it wider so that the air may enter more freely into my room. I can see the bright green strip of grass beneath the wall, and the clear blue sky above the wall, and sunlight everywhere. Life is beautiful. Let the future generations cleanse it of all evil, oppression and violence, and enjoy it to the full."

This was the words of Leon Trotsky shortly before he was murdered by Ramon Mercader, a Soviet agent. I think he already knew he's going to die but he still appreciated the beauty of life. Leon Trotsky was one of the Russian Communist leaders and second to Vladimir Lenin and one of the Communist intellects during the Russian Revolution. He was however, cunningly outwitted by Joseph Stalin who used guile and brutal methods to grab the power after Lenin died. In short, he was a victim of the The Great Purge spearheaded by Stalin in 1937-1938.

I am not a Communist advocate though I became once during my college days, but I was deeply touched by those words of Trotsky. I am not also an admirer of his. I appreciated more the three precious words when I saw the Italian film "Life Is Beautiful" by Roberto Benigni. It was a story of a Jewish family amidst the Nazi's Holocaust in Italy during World War 2. The father and son went to a concentration camp where their co-prisoners were killed. The mother followed in search for her two loved ones. The father was eventually died shortly before Allied troops liberated the camp. I admired the father so much since because of his unshakable strength and also humor he was able to save his son from menace. I recommend to go watch this film.

It is for this reason that I entitled my blog "Life Is Beautiful". I've been in great miseries, I even hated my life for full of frustrations. But from the moment I read the words of Leon Trotsky and his life too, and watched the said film, I was able to gather strengths and braveness to face my tomorrows. I realized life is after all worth living for. I have my own family now-a beautiful and loving wife and a wonderful son. Actually, he looks like the child in the film which also made me touched very much by it. Perhaps, also a reason why I realized Life is indeed so beautiful.

My wife and I are still struggling for our living. We talked and worried for our son's future. I strive hard to look for other opportunities that might help us. I talked to my wife for some business opportunities but have not yet started one due to some financial constraints. Especially lately when a bank called me up for my still outstanding loan balance which supposedly already paid. My payments before was not remitted to the bank by our collecting officer. My wife cried for that and I cried deep inside though I didn't show it to her to feign strength. Because of this, I oblige myself to work hard. Look for other resources aside from my job. But no matter what, I know, with my family I can find a way to prosperity and happiness and resolve this crisis. My wife did a lot of things just to augment our income. I admire her so much. And I love her more. I thanked God she's my wife. I couldn't imagine if it wasn't her. I have a lot of disapointments. But I have few success too. But no matter how my life would be. It is beautiful. It's beautiful because I have my family- my wife and my son. They are actually my treasures.