This world is full of extinctions and shortages, but none more so than the shortage of love. Thankfully, it’s not extinct! And if we all work together, we can not only save it from extinction, but increase it, improve it and prove to the entire population that love really can save the world, one heart and home at a time.
While this movie is very short (longer than 3 minutes), it’s a powerful and heart-wrenching reminder of the power of love and of loneliness. The plot description on IMBD says it best. “How would you feel if you had no more than three minutes to hug your parents, nieces, and nephew of grandparents after more than a decade apart?” Who would you hug if you only had 3 minutes to do so? And knowing that you would not be able to hug them again for many years, or even in this lifetime?
If you could give someone a 3-minute hug—anyone—from anytime, place, who would it be?
People underestimate the power of a hug. Today’s so-called “hugs” last about as long as a blink. But the true power of a hug not only comes from the embrace, but from both parties not willing to part until a true connection and transformation from the transference of comforting that only comes when a hug is not just a courtesy, but mini-journey from one person’s heart to the other’s heart.
I think if people hugged each other as long as only half of this movie, the world would change!
Whether we wear too much makeup or too much mud on our faces, hearts, God still recognizes us and He still loves us! And He still wants us to see ourselves, and other, through His eyes, His heart.
This movie reminds me of how Heaven will be when we return home.
On one side of the veil will be our family and ancestors waiting excitedly to greet, welcome and hug us. For now, we are on this side living our lives. Yet, at the same time, if we don’t do all we can to take care of ourselves and our loved ones while on our side of the veil—no matter our age, or location—then there will be places with walls (not just veils) where they (and we) will go where there can be no hugs, visits, calls, or hellos.
Parents, children always have a choice to do good, evil. We should do our best every test.
When we choose Father’s plan to come to earth, we knew our shoes, shorts, minds, hearts would get dirty. Whether we purposely jumped in the mud, got mud thrown on us, or were pushed into the mud, we also knew that we would have a Perfect Savior to help us become clean and pure again.
Long-Distance Love
If people who are already in love can endure separation due to travel, war, work, and still keep in touch, stay in love, really miss/message each other every day, then dating in long-distance relationships can work, also! Yes, they are more difficult without that foundation of love already in place, but if you can just believe they can work, they will work. If we are also willing to work during them, not just to keep them going, but to create and commit to ways to erase (not just replace) any distances physical and emotional.
God is up in Heaven waving to us, blowing kisses, and hugging us in every sunrise and sunset, even through the embrace of a gentle wind.
I don’t get it, all the expense (time, travel, organizing, logistics), effort from so many people, including security, police, cameras to bring these families together, and they literally only get 3 mins? Yes, it’s worth the 3 mins, but if you’re going to do something that important, do it right, right?!
It’s sad there are such places where there has to be security and time-limits when these families need to see and love each other!
Can you imagine what they were feeling and going through! Especially the husbands and wives—because they were only allowed hugs! Some of them haven’t been together (fully) in many years! Just to see the rejoicing, but then the heartbreak when they were told their time was up…so sad. How difficult for the security and police teams to try and reinforce ending the reunions and the rejoicings. I wonder if anyone tried to escape, or anyone wasted their time trying to smuggle drugs or other stuff?
I think this is the shortest move project I’ve done.
However, it left me personally with more questions than answers. Questions about why this particular family was separated, and why they are only allowed 3 minutes to be together? What happened next? Does this short amount of time to be with loved ones somehow motivate the families to find a way to get back together? Did some come only to say goodbye because they couldn’t handle the loneliness? Is lack of money to pay for the trip part of the reason why they had to leave and stop visiting? Was this a political stunt that caused more problems, scars?