Why I Love Wall-E

This image is courtesy of the movie "Wall-E"

Created by Disney and Pixar.

There are moments where we need to be reminded of why it is so important to promote a healthy lifestyle and to protect the life we have here on Earth. And every time I watch the movie "Wall-E" I'm reminded of that.

As human beings we sometimes become disconnected from society while trying so hard to be connected to it. We think that if we place the entirety of our lives online we'll lead a better one offline. As we spend more and more hours staring at a screen we can forget those that live among us off of one. Yes, sometimes our online lives can help us stay connected to those we otherwise could not, but are we not a society that often indulges just a little too much?

Spoiler alert if you haven't already seen "Wall_E". Don't want anything blown? Don't read on.

In the film, we see that earth has been discarded and abandoned by the human population for a life in outer space. Why, you ask? Because humans have become such a wasteful, overusing society that they have destroyed it to an uninhabitable degree... Or so they thought. Eventually it does become re-inhabitable and thereby creates the basic plot scheme the movie follows.

What is beautiful to me, however, is that this entire plot is made possible by a tiny, sentient robot named "Wall-E" who falls in love. A little tyke who tries his best every step of the way, who is personable and kind. Who just wants to follow his "Directive" and his heart.

When he follows his love interest "Eva" into outer space and onto one of the ships that holds the remains of human life we find that these humans are so fat they all get around in hover chairs and drink their meals out of cups. With a straw. Their entire existance is on this spaceship that most of them have never even taken the time to notice. Why? Because their view is constantly blocked off by a holograph computer screen as they play virtual games or chat it up with someone who may or may not be right next to them.

As you may already have guessed it, it takes Wall-E's not so magical and very common human-like courtesies to enlighten a few wary souls of their plight on the ship. They realize the world around them, wake up to it would be a better way of explaining it.

And these scenes just remind me of how important, how vital it is to remain conscious and invested in what is happening in our world and how we live it. Everything that we do... Everything is connected with everything else. And, whether we like it or not, what we are doing is going to effect everyone else we know or don't know.

There is never a more important time than right now.
 Living for this moment.
And remaining present and active in it, in any way we can.