Anime Lectio: Drifting Home

                                                            1. Why do Anime Lectio? 

Anime Lectio is a time for us to stop and take a breath. Between work, activities, family life, and social media, our minds are always moving. We rarely take time to contemplate and ask, why am I watching this anime? What’s the point of all this? And, how is this making me feel? 

2. Put away all distractions 

(phones, work, etc.)

We are so enslaved to things that stimulate our minds. Let this be a moment for us to free our minds, look inside of ourselves, and be at peace.

3. Deep Breathing

Take several deep breaths. Let your mind relax. If you’ve had any questions, desires, or struggles that you’ve been hiding or stuffing away, let them rise up to the surface. 

4. Open yourself to God’s Presence

Remember God places all our thoughts and desires inside of us, and He uses them to draw us closer to Himself. God gives us a community to help us understand who we are and what He is calling us to do. The faces of other people you know and don't know are like signs of God’s presence.  

5. Think About What’s on Your Mind in Relation to the Anime

Think about what’s been on your mind in relation to the anime.  The following is an example of such thoughts written by me.

Living with others can be difficult.  It's even more difficult when you don't tell them what they need to know about you or what you think.  Working together is important in order to get things done when living together, but working together is easier when everyone can actually live together instead of just live in the same place.  These ideas can be seen in many ways, like in the anime movie Drifting Home.

6. Brief and written explanation of the anime

Pay attention to how the brief and written explanation of the anime seen on this blog, or seeing the anime for yourself since that's better than any explanation, might “speak” to you or shed light on the things that have been on your minds.

In the anime movie Drifting Home, several friends end up at an abandoned apartment that gets transported to a vast ocean with other abandoned buildings. These abandoned buildings are like ships, but the group of friends are the only people there in addition to a ghost that lives in the abandoned apartment that's important to this group of friends, especially two who used to live there and make memories there. While one of these friends has seemingly moved on from what used to be, the other hasn't since she actually lived with the one friend there and was treated as if she were family since her parents were divorced and didn't feel a connection with her actual parents. After eventually accepting and/or understanding each others feelings, the group of friends ends up back with their families.

7.  Reflect on the anime

Has this brief and written explanation of the anime shed any light on what's been on your minds?  The following is an example of a reflection on the anime from me.

Solving problems requires teamwork and teamwork is easier when everyone on the team can work together. Working together is easier when you know what you are working on in terms of what you are doing and who you are working with. You don't need to know everything about who you are working with, but it helps to know what they are thinking about in terms of what you are working on, especially if you also live with them or have lived with them before and have thoughts about what that is or was like.

8. Final Prayer

Please voice any prayer intentions for friends, family, or people around the world that relate to this anime.  The following is an example written by me.

Let us pray that we can understand our own thoughts as well as the thoughts of others when working and/or living together.