Glory

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"We were a family. How'd it break up and come apart so that now we're turned against each other, each standing in the other's light? How'd we lose the good that was given us, let it slip away, scattered, careless? What's keeping us from reaching out, touching the glory?" - Thin Red Line

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When "the father" in "Tree of Life" discovers the glory towards the end of the film, his eyes are opened to what has already been given to him, what's all around that exists with or without him. You know, like fireflies and the children that reach out and grab them.

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It's like that beautiful Magnolia tree on Cypress Ave.

Or something like the sweet smelling honeysuckle on Town St.

Or it could be the bees, butterflies, crickets, and spiders that stop by for a visit or make their home in our backyard.

Life is an unstoppable force. To recognize it is equally empowering and humiliating.

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