The Saw films have an underlying philosophy, beyond the mesh of gore and torture, which basically is an encouragement to appreciate your life. The evil guy captures people he considers to have wasted or even disrespected the gift of life, usually by promiscuity, taking drugs, and puts them through an 'appropriate' challenge – or, as the villain calls it, a 'game' – typically involving enduring massive pain and/or physical damage, in order to gain their freedom. If they truly value their life enough, they will pull through, and are rewarded with life, and, ideally, a better appreciation for it.
Now, that almost never happens. Most of them take too long to start the task, and end up dying a gruesome death.
While the vilain's right to judge other people's lives is questionable, the message to value your life, and show it to yourself how much you appreciate it, is something we should all take in.
I just saw this picture on Facebook this afternoon, and thought to myself that it is a useful task, I think, to focus the next seven days on completing what you need to make this semester worthwhile. I want to do this, and I urge you to take on the challenge for yourself. Search yourself, find what you want to have achieved by the end of 2013, figure out what you need to do in order to get to where you want to be, and make sure you do it. Then, you will have plenty of time to relax and feel good before celebrating Christmas!
So... let the game begin! :)
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