Just the other evening my wife Mary and I rented a movie. This is off the subject but have you ever heard of Red Box? What a phenonmal business model, virtually no employees, creates traffic for the grocery store, $1 a day for movie rentals, no late fees - incredible! Anyhow, we rented The Day the Earth Stood Still with Keanu Reeves. The movie was alright, but the reason I bring it up is because of this one part in the film where Klaatu (Keanu Reeves) and Professor Barnhardt (John Cleese) have this discussion. Klaatu is an alien that was sent to earth to determine whether the human race should be exterminated off the face of the planet. Professor Barnhardt, a Nobel Prize winner for biological altruism is trying to convince Klaatu to not exterminate the human race from planet earth - here is their thought provoking dialogue:
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Professor Barnhardt: There must be alternatives. You must have some technology that can solve our problem.
Klaatu: Your problem is not technology. The problem is you. You lack the will to change.
Professor Barnhardt: Then help us change.
Klaatu: I cannot change your nature. You treat the world as you treat each other.
Professor Barnhardt: But every civilization reaches a crisis point eventually.
Klaatu: Most of them don’t make it.
Professor Barnhardt: Yours did. How?
Klaatu: Our sun was dying. We had to evolve in order to survive.
Professor Barnhardt: So it was only when your world was threatened with destruction that you became what you are now.
Klaatu: Yes.
Professor Barnhardt: Well, that’s where we are. You say we’re on the brink of destruction, and you’re right. But it’s only on the brink that people find the will to change. Only at the precipice do we evolve. This is our moment. Don’t take it from us. We are close to an answer.
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We could interpret this a million ways and discuss it for hours, but I'm going to keep it short and to the point. When I'm speaking to you, I'm speaking more to myself.
You are the problem!
You lack the will to change!
It is only at the crisis point that you are willing to change and evolve.
You have reached your Precipice...
Are you willing to pay the price in order to succeed?
YES YOU ARE! Don't you quit, don't you ever give up. There is still some fight left in you. You are blessed beyond your wildest dreams - you just need to go out there and realize it, make it a reality. I believe in you, don't let me down. You are their only hope.
1 comment:
This quote was the best in the whole movie. How moving and true, we have a long way to go, but as a whole, we can do it. Just start where you are, realize that all our lives have been preparing us for this very moment, and the time is now to raise the conciousness of humanity. It starts with yourself. We are the ones we've been waiting for.
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