The Song Inside
One of my favourite movies of all time is August Rush . (SPOILER ALERT!) The premise of the movie is as follows: A Boy is separated from his parents and orphaned from birth. The boy grows up with no access to music in a strict orphanage. However, the boy feels like there is some type of song deep within his soul that still connects him to his parents. He decides to "follow the music" inside of him. He runs away from the orphanage and can't help but express his song in whatever way he can. Eventually, his song is heard by others and becomes so popular that it is played in front of thousands of people. The boy's parents happen to hear the boy's song and are drawn towards him, eventually reuniting the whole family in the typical Hollywood happily ever after ending. It is a powerful movie about music, love and never giving up. Maybe it is just the musician in me, but I believe that - just as the boy in the movie had a song inside of him that drew him to find ...