What would we do if we could "write" someone? The more I thought about this question the more I realized...in fact...it IS what most of us do most of the time. We write who we want someone to be. The potential of what we think they could be for us becomes what we expect...sometimes demand. We do this with our employers, partners, friends, children...ourselves. It might be the very thing that causes all of those break-ups out there in the world. First we write them...and then when they change, losing the very essence that we first loved...we don't like them anymore. We write ourselves as well. Instead of living true to our hearts we become what others need us to be.
This movie was very good. As I broke down the theme and my interpretation of the message I realized it wasn't as far fetched as the movie makes it. It is really how we all live. Well, not all...I should never cast us all under the same big umbrella. That would just be me writing how I think we all are...see...I got the movie. ;)
Most of my peers are right in the "about to end it all by turning 40" mode. Go see this movie. At the end of it throw away the mental novel you have been writing about yourself and those around you and start with a blank piece of paper. Just like Ruby...be free.
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