The Message Behind the Words

In this day and age, there are so many stories and means of entertainment its crazy! All these movies! All these books! All these TV shows that are about "something new" and "something we've never seen before". Yeah right. Let's be honest here, there's no new stories, no new ideas, and no new topics. But there's one thing that stories these days are forgetting.
The message behind the words.
It's annoying to devote time to a book/movie that doesn't give anything to the reader/audience. What do we get out for a story? What deeper meaning was given though the narrative? Most of the time all we get is a cool story that has interesting characters we gave our time to because there was nothing else to do. Instead of depth, there's epic wars, drama that blows our minds, that bad guy in leather who wants to destroy the world, and the hot chick and the ripped guy making out in the end because they won (and the writers wanted to give the reader/audience a warm fuzzy feeling at the end). Brain candy, that's what I call it. Pure sugar that eventually will make a cavity that must be ripped out.
There is more to a story then entertainment. In fact, I view stories as a means of teaching and revealing the human heart in a new light in a entertaining way. A story is not just a story, it is a means to show the world what is truth and what can be. It gives us dreams. Gives us life. There can be power in a story, yet few are willing to roll up their leaves and go digging for it.
But what do I mean, you ask? Do I want every story to have a philosophical tone that looks deep into the human psyche and shows all our weaknesses and how to overcome? No! What I mean is this: the purpose of a story is to show, even if it is a tinny sliver, the truth of life, its woes, its joys, the stupidity of mankind, and what happens when hardships arise. Truth. That is all that is needed. A honest character admitting things we would never say, yet agree with. Characters who struggle and band together in a way that we have always dreamed of. Reveal the world though your story, not just a cool story with a plot your mom says is nice. You are a writer. You have a responsibly to give more then a tale. And you can.
First, you must understand life and what you believe enough to relay it in a understandable way. I'm not saying I have life figured out (I don't, not by a long shot) however I have allowed my mistakes, past wounds, and God to teach me wisdom. I wish to show what I have learned to my readers so that they may learn too.
Second, discover a story that will bring your truths alive. Make vivid characters that are so real a reader can almost touch them. A plot that carries the characters though events that amplify their very nature. And, one of the most important, end it honestly; for not all endings are good. That's okay, such is life.
Third, write as honestly as you can. Be true to your characters! Be true to your readers! And, most of all, be true to yourself!
Find the meaning behind the words. It's there, you just have to go looking for it. Yes, its difficult, yes, most people don't do it, yes its odd, but yes, if you find the meaning, your story will become immortal. Immortal as the stars.