This is a classic low-budget Canadian landscape philosophy film. "Canada is vast and sparsely populated, with most of the population concentrated in the long and narrow 'Southern Corridor' that borders the United States." In my childhood, I clearly remember that Jiang Zi introduced the country of maple leaves in an interesting encyclopedia.
In the film, the protagonist Ben, who was diagnosed with cancer, was unwilling to be captured by the attending physicians and nurses with needles, dialysis, anesthesia, and pills. He left his fiancee and his family without saying goodbye, and resolutely rode a second-hand motorcycle all the way west.
The starting point is Toronto, where he lives. Under the calm Lake Ontario and the towering Toronto tower, he flipped the rim of the paper cup of Tim Horton's, the most famous coffee and dessert shop in Canada, with his fingers. It was found that it was printed on it - Go west young man. I believe this is the oracle. From then on, he first passed through the plains of the Great Lakes region in eastern Canada, the prairie highland pastoral areas of central Minitoba, the world-renowned Banff National Park at the foot of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta, and finally reached the westernmost point and saw the Pacific Ocean.
During the trip, he came across a case of betting with his friends that he could go from Newfoundland, the easternmost province of Canada, within six weeks to Vancouver by bicycle across the country for $400. Youth with beer. A melancholy woman who runs a ranch alone, spends more time with her dog than her two husbands, and is separated from her children and grandchildren. Get lost in Banff Park, meet a heterosexual traveler who believes in "living in the moment"...
Ben can chat with them, exchange thoughts with each other, and get friendly help. In the process, he was spiritually inspired and inspired, and firmly completed this journey of self-realization value. According to his words, even after successfully tossing this trip, going back to receive treatment and lying in the hospital is no longer a concern.
Thinking of the monk in the "South China Sea of My Desire" in the middle school, he said, "If you don't go, you will be crazy all the time." This kind of mood will resonate sincerely with everyone who has a destination in the distance in their hearts.
And Ben was so resolute this time that he insisted on traveling by himself, making his parents and fiancee so worried, and it was also related to his childhood experience. He used to be a lively, cheerful and confident kid, but unfortunately his temperament was changed by a philistine and rude baseball coach and a grumpy music teacher in menopause. When he grew up, he worked as a writing teacher who made students sleepy in class, and his novels were mercilessly returned by many publishing houses. In this life, he has lived a life of suffocation, surrounded by all kinds of frustration and powerlessness. He wanted to stretch his heart, and the power of flying has been bound and shackled by the outside world. Finally, when he faced life and death, he went out and wanted to be himself for a while. This time, he didn't need any approval from the outside world! He can make it himself!
If death is coming soon, rather than sit still, it is better to have a mind and accomplish a feat, so what! "Many people don't know how close they are to success when they give up," Ben decided to live up to this classic Edison dictum. The travel notes with "One Week" as the title of the book appeared in the window of the bookstore. The by-product of this journey was advertised in the most visible position. As for whether Ben was still diagnosed with cancer in the hospital review at the end, or whether he even survived, these are no longer important. The important thing is that he really lived!
Everyone dies, but everyone live, in "Braveheart", the Scottish hero Wallace's words may have already reached Ben's ears in the soundtrack of the bagpipes in the film, echoed and washed in his heart.
Travel, you can just reduce your regrets, not to show off.
To live can be purely to fulfill one's responsibilities as a son, husband, and father, not to compare.
Discover and confirm these vocations in your life while you are young, and burn it!
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