Sense of loss

I am a fan of Will Smith and, as ritual required, watched his recent movie Collateral Beauty. The movie touches the themes of grief and loss from the death of a loved one. How do we find reason in the face of death of a child or a partner? The actor’s encounters with Love, Time and Death in the movie make one dwell on the interconnectedness of the three. Our sense of loss, longing and love define the interconnectedness of all life and the ‘collateral beauty’ of the experience that this is. This, as portrayed in the movie, alone is the answer to the ‘why’ that rings in our hearts each time we choose to live.