Cast Away

I'm sure many of you have seen this movie, and it was just on TBS twice this weekend...so I watched it...both times. After watching the movie, this quote stuck with me:

"I was gonna die there, totally alone. I was gonna get sick, or get injured or something. The only choice I had, the only thing I could control was when, and how, and where it was going to happen. So... I made a rope and I went up to the summit, to hang myself. I had to test it, you know? Of course. You know me. And the weight of the log, snapped the limb of the tree, so I-I - , I couldn't even kill myself the way I wanted to. I had power over *nothing*. And that's when this feeling came over me like a warm blanket. I knew, somehow, that I had to stay alive. Somehow. I had to keep breathing. Even though there was no reason to hope. And all my logic said that I would never see this place again. So that's what I did. I stayed alive. I kept breathing. And one day my logic was proven all wrong because the tide came in, and gave me a sail. And now, here I am. I'm back. In Memphis, talking to you. I have ice in my glass... And I've lost her all over again. I'm so sad that I don't have Kelly. But I'm so grateful that she was with me on that island. And I know what I have to do now. I gotta keep breathing. Because tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring?"

...and that's kinda how I feel right now. Not that I'd kill myself, but I feel like I don't have control over anything anymore; and as a man, that makes you feel pointless. After hearing this quote, I felt some better...I mean, I just have to be patient and wait because I CAN'T control my every aspect of my life...and the sooner I come to grips with this, the easier I'll be in the long run.


BTW, I have another interview today...maybe I'll culturally fit there.


Be Safe or Be Smitten.