Trigger Warning This film contains reference to a suicide attempt, which may be triggering for some viewers. If you have been affected by a similar issue and you need someone to talk to, please reach out to an organisation or individual near you for help. Take care.

As the adage goes, “Check on your strong friends". Too many of us are going around putting on a happy face, when deep down inside, we’re hurting. The deep dark hole of depression is scary yet familiar to so many of us. And those who have suffered for a long time become familiar with the hole, a place where not much light gets in.

You have to realise that there is a space between living in the hole and acknowledging that the hole is there. Because that space is your freedom. That space is where your power to choose lives.

Let people into your struggle please, please, please reach out with your words and ask for a helping hand, or a shoulder to lean on if you’re feeling hopeless or alone. Please let someone help you see past depression to the hope on the horizon because you can be heard, and you can be healed.

There is love and understanding waiting for you. Help is just a few words away.

Filmed in Suurbraak, South Africa.
Featuring Gary Goldstein.
To see the first film we made with Gary    • CAN you RETIRE HAPPY?  

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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 childlike 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 https://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.

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

Music sourced from ArtList https://bit.ly/2KfrAt2
A New Beginning by Kashido
Fractal by Yotam Agam
Spiriturn by Shahead Mostafafar
Stories by Jakub Pietras
Fading Memories by Kashido
I See You In Light by We Dream of Eden
Take Heart by Dear Gravity
Hold Me by Christopher Galovan

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:
Arabic by Mohammad Alkhudhair
Assamese by Partha Protim Borah
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 Angeliki Papadimitriou
Hindi by Parul Sharma
Hungarian by Zorka Evetovics
Indonesian by Ary Nuansa
Italian by Grazia Gironella
Korean by Chloe Park
Macedonian by Lidija Pusevska Markovska
Persian by Mona Zadsham
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
Spanish by Emanuel Mori
Vietnamese by Thi Le