At 84, I’ve Finally Found the Secret to True Happiness

At this time of year, when everything seems louder and faster, there’s something quietly radical about slowing down enough to really notice. To look closely. To stay curious. To remember that wonder isn’t something we grow out of — it’s something we practise.

This is a gentle reflection on attention, patience, and the small moments that so easily go unseen. A reminder that even in an ordinary day, there is still mystery at work, still magic if we’re willing to pause and meet it.

Featuring Bernard Brom - www.creatinghealth.co.za
Filmed in Noordhoek, South Africa.

Who is Reflections of Life? We are Justine and Michael. 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.

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

Filming - by Michael Raimondo
Editing - by Justine du Toit
Sound mix - by Tamryn Breakey-Volschenk
Colour grade - by Daniel de Villiers

Music tracks used in this film:
Waltz for Alex - by Edward Cross (via Audiio)
The Bird's World - by Elm Lake (via Epidemic Sound)
Still Life - by Hushed (via Epidemic Sound)
Beholding - by Marshall Usinger (via ArtList)
With the Clouds - by We Dream of Eden (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:
Arabic - by Mohammad Al‑Therwi
Croatian - by Davor Bobanac
Czech - by Katarína Božek
English - by Justine du Toit
French - by Amélie Macoin
German - by Sibylle Steinpass
Greek - by Vicky Polychroni
Hungarian - by Robert Hodosi
Italian - by Grazia Gironella
Korean - by Hotae Devin Noh
Persian - by Zahra Estaji
Polish - by Anna Konieczna
Portuguese - by Sibylle Steinpass and Lucivani Valvassori
Slovak - by Zuzana Beratsova
Slovenian - by Tadej Pasar
Spanish - by Paty Aguirre
Turkish - by Seda Duran
Vietnamese - by Anhie Pham.