It is said that the Chinese wish everyone five happinesses: Wealth, Longevity, Good Health, Virtue, and a Peaceful Death in Old Age. There is also a sixth happiness, but that is something each one must find for himself. Based on the true story of a Christian Missionary in China during the 1930's, "The Inn of the Sixth Happiness" is about how one woman finds her sixth happiness through her service to the people of a small mountain community. It's a picture that I thoroughly enjoy, and don't mind watching again and again. It stars Ingrid Bergman, who is incredible in it. She seems to radiate love despite every hardship placed on her. And perhaps that's why I like it so much. It sends the message that service doesn't have to be drudgery, and that it's what gives meaning to life. She finds love as a direct result of showing love for her fellow man. I think it's a message with which the Lord Himself would agree.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
It is said that the Chinese wish everyone five happinesses: Wealth, Longevity, Good Health, Virtue, and a Peaceful Death in Old Age. There is also a sixth happiness, but that is something each one must find for himself. Based on the true story of a Christian Missionary in China during the 1930's, "The Inn of the Sixth Happiness" is about how one woman finds her sixth happiness through her service to the people of a small mountain community. It's a picture that I thoroughly enjoy, and don't mind watching again and again. It stars Ingrid Bergman, who is incredible in it. She seems to radiate love despite every hardship placed on her. And perhaps that's why I like it so much. It sends the message that service doesn't have to be drudgery, and that it's what gives meaning to life. She finds love as a direct result of showing love for her fellow man. I think it's a message with which the Lord Himself would agree.
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