Jane Goodall - A name most of us would have come across in the last month as she passed away. As planned, her interview, titled "Famous Last Words - Dr Jane Goodall" was released by Netflix after her demise.
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It was a wonderful watch with the family. Her childhood and how she was attracted to insects from a very young age were sweet. Her narration about her mother reminded me of Totto Chan's mother. Her mom made sure that none of her actions prevented young Jane from exploring the earth or anything for that matter. No wonder that Jane wanted to be greeted by her mother in the other world that she strongly believed in. This belief was contagious and it felt good for me as well to think on the same lines. I am sure that Jane and her mom would be spending some lovely time together watching all of us, from the other world which is invisible to us. On the other hand, interestingly, her role as a mother seemed to have had its own ups and downs, given her dedication towards her job that she valued & loved the most. She does not regret any of them.
One part I loved among few others is where she made a bold statement (!) on people she hated and what she wanted for them. Some of us would certainly align with her choices. She absolutely treated the whole world as her tiny teeny family and she wanted to keep it away from evil people.
Another portion is her love towards animals, particularly Chimps, humans' closest relative (in her words). As we both share almost 96 per cent of DNA, both species are very similar in many ways, one being naturally aggressive. The way she expresses her love for her chimps is stunning. One would want to befriend a chimp right away :-) ЁЯШК
It is worth noting about her stance on luck and hard work that brought us to where she was. She was destined (she agrees herself to be lucky) to be where she was at the right time, with the right person and her hard work starting there determined the rest.
According to her, we are in war. War of protecting nature and fellow beings and this is as bad as the second world war. She left behind her legacy for the young generation to pick and carry forward. She wanted all of us to find beauty in all tiny little things around us. They might seem to be tiny but hide hell lot of surprises to beat all sorts of boredom we keep complaining about. What is there to feel bored about on this earth!!! - This is one important message she leaves with us to ponder and experience. Next time we wait somewhere idle, we might be spending it as rather a quality time. That's something 'unable-to-live-without-cellphone' people like many of us need to try.
Towards the end, the host leaves the show and tells Jane that it is just her and the audience now and the latter would be listening to this when she would be "no more on earth."
That moment..we all would feel something personal, known only to us. And also would want us to be "collective in nature" for nature to live long! ЁЯТЦ
An inspiring life journey she had! ЁЯТЧ
