The real treasures in life are not found in the attic or contained in any physical thing. Our hearts know that real treasures are simply moments, memories and people.

Yet our thoughts cloud what our hearts see so clearly. Our mind tells us to hold on so that we don’t lose something or miss out on anything that if we let it go, we won’t have enough and that if we don’t have enough, we won’t be enough.

But no matter how much money you make or how much you have, you’ll never be more content, healthy, happy or loved. Nothing you own will bring someone back into your life or make someone in your life love you more.

If you want a joyful life that is filled with love and happiness, align your actions with your heart. When you finally let go, your heart will embrace your real treasures.

Happiness is letting go of what you think your life is supposed to look like and enjoying it for everything that it is.

Filmed in Cape Town, South Africa.
Featuring Gina Niederhumer https://www.ginaniederhumer.com

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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.

Filming by Michael Raimondo
Editing by Justine du Toit
Sound mix by Tamryn Breakey

Music tracks used in this film:
Alices Theme by Jakob Lindhagen (via Audiio)
Orange Leaves by Goldfinch (via Audiio)
Making a Life by Nova (via Audiio)
Fragile by Matteo De Grandis (via Audiio)
A Great Distance by Philip Daniel (via Audiio)
Moving Towards Resolution by Spearfisher (via Audiio)
Minning by Osker Wyld (via ArtList)
Nostalgia by Osker Wyld (via ArtList)
Tea for One by Yehezkel Raz (via ArtList)

A huge thank you to these guys, who gave so generously of their to time to help with translations, enabling us to provide subtitles in the following languages:
Bulgarian by Polina Stoyanova
Chinese (Traditional and Simplified) by ShunYing Lu
Dutch by Karla Greven
English by Justine du Toit
French by Amélie Macoin
German by Tanja Pütz
Greek by Vicky Polychroni
Hindi by Parul Sharma
Hungarian by Zorka Evetovics
Indonesian by Ary Nuansa
Italian by Grazia Gironella
Macedonian by Lidija Pusevska Markovska
Polish by Anna Konieczna
Portuguese by Sibylle Steinpass and Lucivani Valvassori
Romanian by Anca Zaharia
Russian by Assiya Marzhanova
Slovak by Zuzana Beratsova
Slovenian by Jasmina Kovačič
Thai by Pimmi Uamart
Vietnamese by Thi Le