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There is an incredible movie that I watch often. If you have not seen it, you would do yourself and your family well to check it out.
Robert Duval (Uncle Hub) and Michael Caine (Uncle Garth) play two wonderful elderly uncles who take care of a young nephew, Walter, on a farm.
Michael Caine (Garth) spins incredible tales of adventure, love, duty and honor to Walter who can not tell if they are true or not, but he gets caught up in the stories.
There is one sequence that really speaks to me and I want to share it with the members of the Cantina. It is part of "Uncle Hub" (Robert Duval) speech, "Everything a boy needs to know about becoming a man"
He says that there are some things that a man should believe in even if they are not true, because your life will be better if you believe in something.
We all seek that "changeless core" within. So I want to share a fragment of that speech ---
"Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most. That people are basically good. That honor, courage and virtue mean everything ; that power and money ... money and power mean nothing. That good always triumphs over evil. And I want you to remember this.... that love....true love never dies ! Remember that boy ... remember that. Doesn't matter if it is true or not, a man should believe in those things , because those are the things worth believing in...... got that ? "
Although the excerpt was very short, the words and message are very powerful, beautifully written, and have moved and impacted many who have seen this film.
It is important , however, to understand this speech in the context of the entire film , otherwise it may appear that Hub is saying that truth is not important , especially since he prefaced the speech with, "If you want to believe in something, then believe in it! Just because something isn't true, that's no reason you can't believe in it!"
Far from saying that truth is not important, what Hub was trying to impress upon Walter was that it was important to believe the things that are important to believe, that "people were basically good, that honor and courage and virtue mean everything, that good always triumphs over evil" .... even if nobody else believed in them , even if facts, experience and the opinions of others contradicted what you believe , because those are the things worth believing in!"
I do my best to believe in these things whether other people think they are true or not --- AND I do believe they are true.
And if you who are reading this post get the same catch in your throat, maybe a tear in your eye --- maybe you believe also!
I thank you, my sister, Sterling for bringing this movie into my life. And for believing these things as well.
Robert Duval (Uncle Hub) and Michael Caine (Uncle Garth) play two wonderful elderly uncles who take care of a young nephew, Walter, on a farm.
Michael Caine (Garth) spins incredible tales of adventure, love, duty and honor to Walter who can not tell if they are true or not, but he gets caught up in the stories.
There is one sequence that really speaks to me and I want to share it with the members of the Cantina. It is part of "Uncle Hub" (Robert Duval) speech, "Everything a boy needs to know about becoming a man"
He says that there are some things that a man should believe in even if they are not true, because your life will be better if you believe in something.
We all seek that "changeless core" within. So I want to share a fragment of that speech ---
"Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most. That people are basically good. That honor, courage and virtue mean everything ; that power and money ... money and power mean nothing. That good always triumphs over evil. And I want you to remember this.... that love....true love never dies ! Remember that boy ... remember that. Doesn't matter if it is true or not, a man should believe in those things , because those are the things worth believing in...... got that ? "
Although the excerpt was very short, the words and message are very powerful, beautifully written, and have moved and impacted many who have seen this film.
It is important , however, to understand this speech in the context of the entire film , otherwise it may appear that Hub is saying that truth is not important , especially since he prefaced the speech with, "If you want to believe in something, then believe in it! Just because something isn't true, that's no reason you can't believe in it!"
Far from saying that truth is not important, what Hub was trying to impress upon Walter was that it was important to believe the things that are important to believe, that "people were basically good, that honor and courage and virtue mean everything, that good always triumphs over evil" .... even if nobody else believed in them , even if facts, experience and the opinions of others contradicted what you believe , because those are the things worth believing in!"
I do my best to believe in these things whether other people think they are true or not --- AND I do believe they are true.
And if you who are reading this post get the same catch in your throat, maybe a tear in your eye --- maybe you believe also!
I thank you, my sister, Sterling for bringing this movie into my life. And for believing these things as well.
