Most people live life on the path we set for them, too afraid to
explore any other. But once in a while, people like you come along that knock
down all the obstacles we put in your way- people that realize free will is a
gift that you'll never know how to use until you fight for it.
The Adjustment Bureau. Free Will.
Determinism. Who is really writing our story? Who controls us? Who is making
choices in our lives? Do we really have a choice? These thoughts in an everyday
sense are like our breath, we do not think about them until someone makes us
aware or begins to make us question. The Adjustment Bureau was that disruption
to my thoughts, making me truly think about why I do what I do and if I am
living a life based on free will or determinism. David Norris evidently
displaying Free Will throughout this movie makes me really think about
times in life when against all odds you will fight for what you want. It
sometimes feels as if everything is working against us and sometimes we say
that God must have another plan for us and sometimes I believe we have to be
the David Norris’s and fight against all odds, using the free will that we have
been given.
Being in college, these four years feel like years of never ending
decisions. Decisions with friendship, decisions with organizations, decisions
in leadership positions, decisions on the future, decisions in relationships,
etc. Being in a phase of life where the future can sometimes feel more
prominent then the present, this idea really has resonated with me. While I do
everything to serve a greater God and fulfill a greater purpose, there are
often times where against all odds I feel the desire to fight for something or
to pursue a dream that may seem crazy. These feelings and these decisions are
the ones that I truly believe will change me and challenge me to be the
greatest version of myself and in that I will be fulfilling the purpose that
Christ has laid out for me.
The Adjustment Bureau to me displays all the things and people in
life that make us believe we need to stay on the straight line path- that
deviation from this line is wrong. This way of life appears boring to me and
safe. Had Norris allowed The Adjustment Bureau to rule his life and his
decisions, he would never have allowed himself the ultimate happiness of being
with the love of his life, Elise Sellas. He would have been unhappy and always
wondering, what if? The Adjustment Bureau challenges me to tap into free will
and consider a life off the path laid out by society. A life full of adventure
and challenge and risk- a life that I truly believe God longs for us. The
Adjustment Bureau is the box and we need to step outside of it to live and
fulfill our greater purpose and to express our free will.
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