Had some alone time today.
Saw a film on tv that looked interesting and was mesmerized by the entire thing. The film is "Into the Wild". Sean Penn is an amazing director and Eddie Vedder added such depth to the visuals with his music.
The movie is an adaptation of a book by Jon Krakauer which describes the tale of Christopher McCandless and his journey to Alaska and the adventure that he anticipated. I guess this will have to go on the list of books to read now.
He left family and career and money and well everything behind to achieve his journey. What he realized came too late in an entry in one of his books where he wrote "happiness only real when shared". How sad, this broken young man wanting to get away from it all and realizing that he could not have happiness without sharing it with someone.
I was deeply moved by the film and the story. I am also reminded that the journey is not meant to be alone. It's ok to have alone time, such as today, but this is not the way it was meant to be. Chris figured it out just a little too late. A small stream turned into a rushing torrent and that was his undoing. He could see the redemption on the other side and he couldn't get to it.
I wonder if there is an undoing for me. Or is there a lesson. I believe that there's always a lesson, I can't go it alone, can you? We need others, friends, family, lovers even strangers and we need to let them in. Tear down the walls and break the doors and open up.
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