The Adjustment Bureau

i just saw "The Adjustment Bureau" today. it was not what i expected, really.

it's a great take on the divine providence and how we, humans, have a predetermined destiny or fate. the adjustment bureau is a group of "people" or guardians who make sure that everyone stays on his or her destined path. they perform recalibrations on people's minds to ensure that correct reason, judgment and choices are made, based on the plan that was written for each individual. but once in a while, a person like david norris comes along who meets the love of his life and he struggles to defy all that laws that were laid down for him and his destiny so he could be with her.

imagine if it were true. what if there are actually forces that keep certain people apart, just because they weren't meant for each other? is that why soulmates never end up with each other?

i think the conception of the adjustment bureau is genius. chance or coincidence cannot always account for the things that happen around us that completely blow us off track. having an invisible adjustment bureau would actually make sense. but the violation of free will and choice is no light matter. free will was supposed to be God's greatest gift to man.

but i still believe in amor vincit omnia. God loves us above all. i'm sure He understands love better than any of us do. mankind may have made many mistakes, we may have started numerous wars, caused unfathomable pain to each other, but ultimately, we all still believe in God. maybe some of us are still afraid to admit it, but deep down inside, God makes sense. God's love makes complete sense.

delicious ambiguity.