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Getting Through Tough Times with the Help of Your Friends

September 7, 2015 by Jennifer Donovan

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MAZE RUNNER: THE SCORCH TRIALS

Jennifer here with a sponsoredĀ post fromĀ 20th Century Fox. As always, my opinions remain my own.

I recently watched The Maze Runner. My daughter saw it with friends when it came out, so I didn’t get around to seeing it in theaters. I enjoyed it a lot, and I think that it would have been even better on the big screen. I can’t wait to see the second one Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials in theaters September 18.

If you aren’t familiar with the movie or the book, it’s an intense action-packed movie about some boys who get put inside a walled city. They don’t know why they are there, they don’t know who put them there, but they are determined to find a way out. Each night, a designated crew runs the maze that surrounds the walled city to try to find a way out. The reason they can’t master it is that the maze keeps changing.

MAZE RUNNER: THE SCORCH TRIALS

Do you hear that? The maze keeps changing, so they never know what they truly face, and yet that doesn’t stop them from continuing to try. I don’t think this would have been possible without the bond of friendship. When one tires or grows ill, another is right there beside him.

I couldn’t help but make a parallel to my own life.

We have all faced a hard season in our lives. If you haven’t, may we switch bodies, please? What keeps you going? Is it your religious faith? Knowing that others depend on you? A deep belief that things will get better? Or a quest to understand?

The boys in The Maze Runner used all of these techniques. Their religion was the rules of the Glade. They worked as a team and looked out for each other. They could not give up on the hope that they would get out, back to the lives they barely remember, and they had to figure out why.

These are the things that keep me going in the face of hardship as well. My faith in God gives me a deep peace. I truly believe that He is in control, even when circumstances are hard. That faith, coupled with dear friends who encourage me, who give me advice and support, and especially one dear friend who is going through exactly the same struggle I am, helps me to just keep going.

I don’t know what’s going to happen. It might get worse before it gets better. I might find my way out, or I might need the help of a friend to prevent me from giving up. I am thankful for friends with whom I can be transparent. Friends that know exactly the trial that I face. It’s a gift.

About Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

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In this next chapter of the epic ā€œMaze Runnerā€ saga, Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. Teaming up with resistance fighters, the Gladers take on WCKD’s vastly superior forces and uncover its shocking plans for them all.

Starring: Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Giancarlo Esposito, Aidan Gillen, Ki Hong Lee, Barry Pepper, Lili Taylor, and Patricia Clarkson

Screenplay By: T.S. Nowlin, based upon the novel ā€œThe Scorch Trialsā€ by James Dashner

Directed By: Wes Ball

Rated PG-13

Opens September 18

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About Jennifer Donovan

Jennifer Donovan has been a part of the 5 Minutes for Mom team since 2007. She writes product reviews, covers events, and manages the 5 Minutes for Books weekly column and website. She lives in Houston and blogs at Snapshot about life with her family.

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