Journey to the present

I just finished watching movie "Perfect Day" by Whim Wenders. The first reaction was "Wow! I yearn for this kind of movie for a long time".

Perfect Day is about life of a Tokyo toilet cleaner. His name is Hirayama. He lives a slow life and enjoys capturing small beauty during the day - from deliberately cleaning toilet wares to taking a black and white photos of shady trees with his analog camera - Hirayama shows us that happiness does not depend on making a lot of money and having a white collar jobs.

The most imminent impact that Perfect Day has on me was - to make me realize that being present is all we need and is beautiful in itself. I was so enjoyed watching the life of an old man passing small and big events day by day (mostly they were small events). I enjoyed watching him trim his mustache and go to bath house for a deliberate body cleaning. It was, wow!, a very good life compared to what people think of him as a toilet cleaner.

What this movie brings to me is the attention to the present. Even when I'm typing now, I recognize all the movement I am making and my environment. It is pure joy to be fully 'aware' of what we are doing, because our lives are all about connectedness of 'here and now' - like Hirayama said 'Another day is another day. Today is today'. Life can make a lot of sense when we truly focus on here and now.