The Green Mile

Have you ever watched Green Mile? Apart from my admiration to Tom Hanks for his brilliant acting, I love this movie's message and beautiful wise quotes. It's about a life story of corrections officer Paul Edgecomb , E Block supervisor (Green Mile - Death Row) up in Cold Mountain prison whose life changed forever after meeting a prisoner named John Coffey. He's an innocent 'extra-ordinary' black American who had to be punished by electric-chair death punishment set in around 1930s. He was accused of raping and killing two little white girls and was condemned to death by the jury of peers. Through John Coffey, he brought light and changed many people's lives (esp. Paul), for John is known as 'one of God's true miracles'.

Some of the wise quotes that I think worth learning from several scenes:

-Scene where Paul gave John corn bread his wife made as a thankful gift for curing Paul's disease. Two of the inmates wanted shares of the bread (one is a bad guy who rapped and killed the two little girls *at this stage, no one knew about it*, and the other one apparently repented).

Del (prisoner): Oo John I can smell it from here, I surely can..
John: Can I give Del and Mr.Jingles some? (Mr Jingles is the mouse pet of Del)
Paul: Well, it's yours, John. You can do with it as you please.
John: Here. This for Del and Mr. Jingles. (halfed the bread and gave it to Paul)
Wild Bil (bad prisoner): Hey! What about me? I'm gonna get some too, ain't I?
John: (looking unsure)
Paul: It's yours, John. As you please.
John: I think I'll just keep the rest, then.

It's a simple convo, but I got so much out of it. Sometimes we're confused on decisions we ought to make in our lives...Sometimes we depend so much on others that we're standing on a shaky ground...And Freedom of choice.. God gives us freedom to choose our paths, actions, and words..Such treasure that we need to take wisely, like John...I encourage you to think over the quotes.

-Scene when it's the final night before the death sentence. Paul wanted to help John so he doesn't have to be sentenced the next day. Paul is feeling tremendously burdenned because He's about to execute an innocent man.

Paul: John...I have to ask you something very important now.
John: I know what you gonna say.. You don't have to say it.
Paul: No, I do. I do. I have to say it.
Paul: John..tell me what you want me to do. You want me take you out of here?Just let you run away? See how far you could get?
John: Why would you do such a foolish thing?
Paul: On the day of my judgement... When I stand before God... and He asks me why did I ..killed one of His true.... miracles...What am I going to say? That it was my job? It's my job.
John: You tell God the Father, it was a kindness you done. I know you're hurting and worrying. I can feel it on you. But you ought to quit it now. I want it to be over and done with. I do..
John: I'm tired , Boss.. Tired of being on the road, lonely as a sparrow in the rain. I'm tired of never having me a buddy to be with...Mostly I'm tired of people being ugly to each other. I'm tired of all the pain I feel and hear in the world...everyday. There's too much of it. It's like pieces of glass in my head...all the time. Can you understand?
Paul: Yes John...I think I can...

It's a moment where it just slapped me when John said 'tired of people being ugly to each other'.. Bitchiness, hatred, discrimination, and everything, all the so self-centred attitudes, blaming others, etc... I feel like I'm part of them..part of those people who are being ugly to each other.. Maybe if it was God... Maybe it's like pieces of glass in His head...all the time...We have no more contract with evil...why are we still 'working' in it? This is something I need to rehab myself with too...because on the day of my judgement, when I stand before God... [continue it with your own thoughts].