I am not an avid movie goer nor read short stories and novels for that matter. But today's post reminds me of the character played by Tom Hanks in the film Cast Away about a modern day Robinson Crusoe, a FedEx employee who was stranded on an uninhabited island after his plane went down over the South Pacific. And I'm sure many are familiar on how the story went in the film.
Similarly, my life is characterized by the same uninhabited island which I created to isolate myself with the world and with the human race. This is only the best solution I can think of with all the pain and suffering, injustice and inequality and all of the smorgasbord of good and bad in this world which you can imagine. And to most of us who has experienced "bad hair days" one may think that life is unfair. But that's how the way things work survival to the fittest. And that's where one can truly appreciate and understand the true beauty of life. Its real beauty lies in its "ugliness" and the many contradictions it has to offer to mankind. And it is not ours to judge; life's unending play of contradictions simply reminds us that we are part of the bigger picture of an unending story.
Just like in the film Cast Away there is no time to wallow in misery and loss. We simply have to keep going and move on.
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