During my more formative years (early 20's) was the first time that I watched this movie, It's a Wonderful Life all the way through. I had seen parts when I was younger as it was on about 30 times or more per Christmas season, but I had never sat down and watched it from the beginning to the end.
It is a pretty long movie in comparison to today's movies, but it takes a while for the story to unfold. If you can stick with the first half of the film, the second half is moving. A traditional Christmas movie that shows George Bailey, the main character, what life would be like without him. At the point that an angel comes down from heaven to show him, he has decided through a set of negative events that maybe he his worth more dead than alive.
By the end of the movie and the final scene, if you are invested in this movie, you will be moved. It is interesting because many of us, if not most, have those feelings of what am I doing here? Why am I here? Am I doing anything to make a difference? I wonder would it be like if you could see the world without you ever having been born. My guess is that each of you reading this has done many things that if it weren't for you negative things would have occurred to individuals that you stepped in to help.
That help may not be a huge, hit over the head incident, it may just be a small word of encouragment that you gave and didn't think any more of but that person was motivated to do more. It may not have been your words and just the way you live your life. When you feel that you aren't doing anything to help or to make a difference, we could always do more, but I bet you have done more than you realize.
