“The trees do not hold on to dead leaves but lose them in order to create room for new ones. We can learn from this, by letting go of the past and focusing on the now. We cannot change the past but we can make the present and future brighter and better, not bitter.” ~ Kemi Sogunle
If you're going through a painful time in your life, know that it is never worthless. These tough times teach you to see possibilities that you would never have fathomed in the comfortable moments.
Let us refuse to be held back by pain or sorrow. Let us overcome. Let us learn to breathe life into ourselves again. Let us step into a way of living that is magical, so we can wake up each morning feeling grateful, generous and free.
Filmed in Suurbraak, South Africa.
Featuring Kent Steenekamp.
Kent works alongside people to help heal past traumas. If you'd like to reach out to Kent, he can be contacted at kentsteenekamp3@gmail.com
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In collaboration with iNous, we recently released a beautiful deck of 52 cards - each card containing a quote from one of our films, paired with the activating visual muses of Lanon Prigge. The aim of this deck is to rekindle child-like curiosity and creativity, helping to navigate the shared waters of our human experience with grace and joy. If you’d like to consider purchasing your copy, shop here - tgc.link/reflections
Who is Reflections of Life? We are Justine and Michael (previously known as Green Renaissance). We use our passion for filmmaking and our love of storytelling, to remind our audience of one simple truth - that we are all human. The more that we understand and believe in this interconnectedness, the more we will treat ourselves, one another, and planet earth with a greater sense of compassion.
Editing - by Coralee Long
Sound mix - by Tamryn Breakey
Music sourced from ArtList - bit.ly/2KfrAt2
Discover - by Lane King
Songbird - by Doug Kaufman
Calme - by Borrtex
I'll Understand - by Roza
A huge thank you to these guys, who so generously gave of their to time to help with language translations:
Arabic - by Mohammad Alkhudhair
Croatian - by Davor Bobanac
Czech - by Pavla Látalová
Dutch - by Rianne ten Veen
English - by Justine du Toit
French - by Natalia Hoffsteter
German - by Tanja Pütz
Hebrew - by Sea-van Rachel
Indonesian - by Ary Nuansa
Italian - by Vincenzo Mocerino
Korean - by Chloe Park
Polish - by Anna Konieczna
Portuguese - by Jonatha Koeller
Russian - by Assiya Marzhanova
Slovak - by Zuzana Beratsova
Slovenian - by Jasmina Kovačič
Spanish - by Marianne Carrere
Tamil - by Sangeetha Dayanandan
Turkish - by Ahsen Aygören
Vietnamese - by Nguyen Phan & Thi Le