Things that Touch You

[Walking Void]

First of all, this is not about being physically touched.

OK!

Now, this may make me appear like a bit of a sap... but the reality is, I am a sap, and so are You.

So! Because We use the Internet but specifically a forum, the best way to share these things is by using visuals and sound... aka music, video, pictures, script, etc.

What I want to learn from You is what kinds of things inspire sadness in You? You know, because I am that kind of guy. I enjoy bathing in your every second of suffering. Kidding. Honestly though, I get bored of the constant innocent or playful environment, and I need to get punched by reality every now and then. I find that the most thought provoking art is the art that emotionally acts upon You... sad or happy. So what drives You sad?

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For myself, You here me talk about my Disney movie past often, but rarely anymore do I watch those movies. I have been gifted with YouTube the ability to review those old memories. That nostalgia. And some of it makes me very sad. What used to not affect me in the past, today, tears into me. An example, is the opening song of Tarzan... Two Worlds (One Family):





And this one:





This one too (cuteness):





Definitely this one:

[Silver]

http://youtu.be/W11L_bogKKg

[My imaginary friend is GOD]

Sad... the end of AI. It's been taken down off of youtube, sorry. Just get the movie. It's good.

[paulpablo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZKT60zuVkA

Maybe it's just nostalgia for the film. But I think if this didn't effect you when you watched the film you are dead inside.

[FifthElement]

[popeyespappy]

Old Yeller

[Walking Void]

FifthElement:

I have NOT seen that video before, but geez am I glad that I did. It connects with the part of me that respects animal sentience, and the homeland of animals.

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Another video, this one is music. The song is from a band that I listened to growing up and motivated me to be strong. Here is a song by Taproot:

[FlyingNarwhal]

The end of Peter Pan still gets to me. When Peter drops off Wendy back at her house and he has to make the decision to to return to Neverland and live as a child forever, or face mortality with the woman he loves.

Of course, while typing that I realized there is a good possibility that Peter Pan is much older than his childlike appearance, making the whole Peter and Wendy thing kinda creepy. Just killed it for myself........



What really gives me chills though is watching all the Bruins fans sing the national anthem two days after the Boston bombing.

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/04/18/v...fore-game/

[Cato]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NJ5LW64DWM

[popeyespappy]

The Rescuers Final Reward
by Benny Archuleta

Unlike most days at the Rainbow Bridge, this day dawned cold and gray. All the recent arrivals at the Bridge did not know what to think, as they had never seen such a day. But the animals who had been waiting longer for their beloved people to accompany them across the Bridge knew what was happening, and they began to gather at the pathway leading to the Bridge. Soon an elderly dog came into view, head hung low and tail dragging. He approached slowly, and though he showed no sign of injury or illness, he was in great emotional pain. Unlike the animals gathered along the pathway, he had not been restored to youth and vigor upon arriving at the Bridge. He felt out of place, and wanted only to cross over and find happiness.

But as he approached the Bridge, his way was barred by an angel, who
apologized and explained that the tired and broken-spirited old dog could not cross over. Only those animals accompanied by their people were allowed to cross the Bridge. Having nobody, and with nowhere else to turn, the dog trudged into the field in front of the Bridge.

There he found others like himself, elderly or infirm, sad and discouraged. Unlike the other animals waiting to cross the Bridge, these animals were not running or playing. They simply were lying in the grass, staring forlornly at the pathway across the Rainbow Bridge. The old dog took his place among them, watching the pathway and waiting. Yet not knowing for what he was waiting.

One of the newer dogs at the Bridge asked a cat who had been there longer to explain what was happening. The cat replied, "Those poor animals were abandoned, turned away, or left at rescue places, but never found a home on earth. They all passed on with only the love of a rescuer to comfort them. Because they had no people to love them, they have nobody to escort them across the Rainbow Bridge."

The dog asked the cat, "So what will happen to those animals?" Before the cat could answer, the clouds began to part and the cold turned to bright sunshine. The cat replied, "Watch, and you will see."

In the distance was a single person, and as he approached the Bridge the old, infirm and sad animals in the field were bathed in a golden light. They were at once made young and healthy, and stood to see what their fate would be. The animals who had previously gathered at the pathway bowed their heads as the person approached. At each bowed head, the person offered a scratch or hug. One by one, the now youthful and healthy animals from the field fell into line behind the person. Together, they walked across the Rainbow Bridge to a future of happiness and unquestioned love.

The dog asked the cat, "What just happened?"

The cat responded, "That was a rescuer. The animals gathered along the pathway bowing in respect were those who had found their forever homes because of rescuers. They will cross over when their people arrive at the Bridge. The arrival here of a rescuer is a great and solemn event, and as a tribute they are permitted to perform one final act of rescue. They are allowed to escort all those poor animals they couldn't place on earth across the Rainbow Bridge."

The dog thought for a moment, then said, "I like rescuers." The cat smiled and replied, "So does heaven, my friend. So does heaven.