This movie makes me nostalgic. A bag-pack, a flight ticket to Europe, you will end up having the exact same experience as it shows throughout the movie.
I had my time. Danced until sunlight and forgot how did we end back in the apartment, sang in the street with a group of drunk buddies, at 3am shouted the young lecturer's name in the street where he lived, had a whole team of French police showed up at my door because of party noise complain, and I flirted with them by teaching them Chinese.
But the movie is not about loosing oneself, it's about finding oneself.
I was looking for myself, in that space in that time, with people I want to remember and want to forget. I was finding myself.
Getting drunk and crazy is an expression of youth, an easy way out, but not necessarily the better way, or the only way.
The only way is to have no regret, live to the richest and fullest.
By finding myself, I explored everything possible, tried everything available. By finding myself, I discovered my inner strength which helped me through the struggle of pursuing a life with the love of my life. By finding myself, I tasted the flavor of freedom and independence, and could never let it go.
Yes I found myself in that space in that time, but life moves on.
I am entering a new phase of life, with a lot of self-sacrificing and care-giving. I might fortunately discover more of myself, might somehow lose a bit of myself. But it's all part of the exploration.
The important thing is, leave no regret, live to the richest and fullest, with compassion, with love.
I had my time. Danced until sunlight and forgot how did we end back in the apartment, sang in the street with a group of drunk buddies, at 3am shouted the young lecturer's name in the street where he lived, had a whole team of French police showed up at my door because of party noise complain, and I flirted with them by teaching them Chinese.
But the movie is not about loosing oneself, it's about finding oneself.
I was looking for myself, in that space in that time, with people I want to remember and want to forget. I was finding myself.
Getting drunk and crazy is an expression of youth, an easy way out, but not necessarily the better way, or the only way.
The only way is to have no regret, live to the richest and fullest.
By finding myself, I explored everything possible, tried everything available. By finding myself, I discovered my inner strength which helped me through the struggle of pursuing a life with the love of my life. By finding myself, I tasted the flavor of freedom and independence, and could never let it go.
Yes I found myself in that space in that time, but life moves on.
I am entering a new phase of life, with a lot of self-sacrificing and care-giving. I might fortunately discover more of myself, might somehow lose a bit of myself. But it's all part of the exploration.
The important thing is, leave no regret, live to the richest and fullest, with compassion, with love.
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