Cast away
' discover the unforgettable journey of hope, courage and survival '
A story about how a cruel disaster landed a man in an extraordinary fate - a sole survivor of a fateful accident, isolated in a place not known to the outside world.
It was my third time watching the movie but it never failed to leave me filled with a mix of emotions and a rush of tears welled up in my eyes, and unexpressed emotions in my heart. Witnessing how abrupt an accident could occur and changed one's whole life... a harsh reminder that life is just so vulnerable. It is so true that we have no control to whatever that is going to happen outside us... perhaps it's fate. but we have total control of what is going to happen within us- our inner strength, hope, will and determination to live. Afterall, survival is not only about finding food, shelter and leading a comfortable life but also the things that kept us afloat in life - reasons to stay alive and where we drew our strength from.
Like Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) in the the story, his plight was something none of us could ever imagine of - in a moment, he saw his world collapsed, in another, a fearful realisation that he could no longer return to where he came from, that he was all alone. He searched for means to survive... learned to find food, make fire and shelter. In the process, he experienced physical hardships and emotional turmoil. Day after day, he never gave up hoping for a chance to return to where he came from. In desperation, he found friend in a non-living object. After years of waiting, he finally returned to where he came from but it dawned to him that the place he came from seemed even more unfamiliar than the the island - all the things that he had hoped for, wished for, were no longer there. The world has moved on without him. Time brought irreversible changes.
He was cast away.
perhaps one of the greatest fear in life is to be forgotten - be forgotten by the world and loved ones and to return to a place that we no longer seem to exist or fit in. to live in a world where you are forgotten.
And the beauty of life is to live everyday in hope, wishing for that something. In the end, it doesn't matter if we have achieved what we wished for - it's the process of searching, hoping, attempting, that drove the purpose and meaning of life and our reasons for staying alive. Because till the end of it all, we have attained something more precious than the achievement itself.
A story about how a cruel disaster landed a man in an extraordinary fate - a sole survivor of a fateful accident, isolated in a place not known to the outside world.
It was my third time watching the movie but it never failed to leave me filled with a mix of emotions and a rush of tears welled up in my eyes, and unexpressed emotions in my heart. Witnessing how abrupt an accident could occur and changed one's whole life... a harsh reminder that life is just so vulnerable. It is so true that we have no control to whatever that is going to happen outside us... perhaps it's fate. but we have total control of what is going to happen within us- our inner strength, hope, will and determination to live. Afterall, survival is not only about finding food, shelter and leading a comfortable life but also the things that kept us afloat in life - reasons to stay alive and where we drew our strength from.
Like Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) in the the story, his plight was something none of us could ever imagine of - in a moment, he saw his world collapsed, in another, a fearful realisation that he could no longer return to where he came from, that he was all alone. He searched for means to survive... learned to find food, make fire and shelter. In the process, he experienced physical hardships and emotional turmoil. Day after day, he never gave up hoping for a chance to return to where he came from. In desperation, he found friend in a non-living object. After years of waiting, he finally returned to where he came from but it dawned to him that the place he came from seemed even more unfamiliar than the the island - all the things that he had hoped for, wished for, were no longer there. The world has moved on without him. Time brought irreversible changes.
He was cast away.
perhaps one of the greatest fear in life is to be forgotten - be forgotten by the world and loved ones and to return to a place that we no longer seem to exist or fit in. to live in a world where you are forgotten.
And the beauty of life is to live everyday in hope, wishing for that something. In the end, it doesn't matter if we have achieved what we wished for - it's the process of searching, hoping, attempting, that drove the purpose and meaning of life and our reasons for staying alive. Because till the end of it all, we have attained something more precious than the achievement itself.
posted by Jerylene at 19:38
1 Comments:
If we don't find reasons to live, life would be very much like an empty shell. I think many people in this world is like that. Just keep working and ignore what is going on in their hearts. I do wonder is it that they do not feel a certain yearning for something or they just choose to ignore it.
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