The Mysteries of Life

The mystery of life fascinates me always. The glorious dawn, the setting sun, the graceful butterflies, the dancing trees, and the mysterious moon make me wonder why they are what they are now. The fact that I can always see them makes me think that they are following a certain routine everyday. But, this thought always vanishes in my mind because of another fact that nothing is permanent in this world except change. That’s why I compared life to a rosary. The rosary has many mysteries: The joyful, sorrowful, light, and glorious mysteries, just as life has mysteries. But unlike the rosary, life has an ocean of mysteries. Among them are the mysteries of love, birth, death, sorrow, and happiness.

These five mysteries of life can be clearly seen in the movie “Life is Beautiful”. Love was in the air when Guido first laid eyes on Dora. There was still love when Dora gave birth to their son. They became very happy with each other. But because of the appearance of another mystery, sorrow, the supposed to be a happy ending became a nightmare for both of them. Later on, death met Guido when he tried to save Dora and his son. All of the five mysteries of life are evident in the movie, but the most wonderful and the most mysterious of all these mysteries is the first mystery, the mystery of love.



I have read so many books and I have watched so many movies, yet only the villains believed that love is a weak emotion. In fact, they really believed that love is the weakest among all the emotions, and they became stupid fools because of that. Love is the most powerful force that ever set foot in this weird world. It is present from the breaking of the day until the setting of the sun. It was there when you first saw the light, and it will still be there after you have seen the light. In fact, love is the main reason why we are here talking, and laughing, and crying. It is the reason why most people continued to live even though they have nothing to live for. It is also the main reason why Dora and her son, Joshua, continued to live even though their lives were in real danger. It is also the reason why Guido died protecting his family.



When I first saw the movie, I was persuaded to do the same thing done by Guido to his family, to sacrifice for their sake. It was his selfless love that moved me to change myself; from a self-centered black sheep to a selfless lamb. Even in his hard times and persecutions, he managed to outwit the Nazis to save first his son and his wife, and then himself. Unfortunately, he only saved his family. He had lacked the time to save himself, and he didn’t care. The only important thing to him in this world is his family. He would risk himself just to keep them safe. This is the human value that we should have in order for us to be worthy in front of the Lord.

However, I was a little bit disappointed at the ending. I was expecting that both Guido and Dora will die. This should make the audience cry their heart out. Also, I like tragic endings. But if Dora was meant to live, I would like Guido to defy death and live again with his wife and his son. In this way, they would live happily ever after, just as a story goes. All I want is a very tragic ending or a very happy ending.

All in all, it was a very beautiful movie. It speaks of the love of a father and husband to his son and his wife. It shows the world that nothing is more powerful than love. With it, you can do things that you didn’t expect to do yourself. Without it, you couldn’t live. Also, I was deeply moved that Guido did every way to save his family. The funny thing is that he actually did everything that he didn’t have the time to save himself.



Life, indeed, is a rosary. Sometimes, you feel that you are on top of the world. Then suddenly, the world fell down on top of you, and you can’t understand how or why it happened. Sometimes, you are blessed with good fortune, then another moment, it is taken away from you, and you don’t know who took it from you. That’s why we should live every moment of our lives in its fullness. We don’t know “what lies beyond that river bend”, sang Pocahontas. We should seize the day. If you won’t, then you will regret it.