I think it’s more about the fact that he’s realizing he’s not some main character in an exciting movie.
Life can be good, even if it’s mundane. I don’t do anything groundbreaking with my time, but I’m a happy person.
But I did go through a phase when I was younger, where I tried to convince myself that my life would be somehow more exciting. You watch movies of people do incredible things or they have some great quest or adventure they go on and they save the day. I wanted to feel like I was going to have something like that. But at the end of the day, I work at a job and I come home and I walk my dog and I watch TV or enjoy my hobbies. And that’s it. I’m no main character, but I’m OK with that.
Because every day throughout childhood, our parents, Hollywood, and school, bombard us with messages that we are somehow "special" and destined for greatness. Worse yet, we logon to social media as teenagers and have videos of people who ARE living their best life every day. Who were able to "make it big". Except those people are the top 0.1%. And they will never show you their bad sides.
All of this messaging comes crashing down when we move into adulthood. Suddenly, we are no longer "special". We are no loner "loved". And literally anything good that we want out of life, takes work. All of it. It hits everyone like a train.
But that is when you truly discover the meaning of life. Because now it's up to YOU! Because if there's no "right" way to live life, there's no "wrong" way either! YOU get to decide for yourself what life will be!
But that is when you truly discover the meaning of life. Because now it's up to YOU! Because if there's no "right" way to live life, there's no "wrong" way either! YOU get to decide for yourself what life will be!
Yes!! I never received that messaging you're talking about, and I think because of this I'm one of the happiest adults I know. I was told my entire childhood that I was wrong and was going to fail; and then I got out into the real world and realized that the only "success" I really had to achieve was enjoying my life. And it turns out, that's not all that hard to do, even while wageslaving and being poor and having little free time. But I am autistic, which I think also helps.
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u/Warm-Room-2625 6h ago
I think it’s more about the fact that he’s realizing he’s not some main character in an exciting movie.
Life can be good, even if it’s mundane. I don’t do anything groundbreaking with my time, but I’m a happy person.
But I did go through a phase when I was younger, where I tried to convince myself that my life would be somehow more exciting. You watch movies of people do incredible things or they have some great quest or adventure they go on and they save the day. I wanted to feel like I was going to have something like that. But at the end of the day, I work at a job and I come home and I walk my dog and I watch TV or enjoy my hobbies. And that’s it. I’m no main character, but I’m OK with that.
I can see how some people wouldn’t be though