What keeps your days going year after year? What do you choose to do when you are stuck in a helpless life cycle?
Before the summer vacation every year, I set myself a grand study plan, such as reading, fitness, and travel. But watching the passage of time, I became a potato man lying on the sofa watching movies every day.
Is this my destiny? Or is it a loop pattern that I can never climb out of?
So I watched a lot of books and movies during the holidays to get myself out of this vortex. For example, "The Road of Least Resistance" is a book I read during the holidays to solve my own problems. The book says that you should use vision and goals. Instead of the problem-solving model, use creative thinking to solve the gap between your goals and reality, that is, the resistance that keeps bringing you back to the starting point.
In fact the book is useless.
So I found this movie again to see how the protagonist came out?
At the beginning, the protagonist felt that his job was very boring, he was so talented, why should he do such a job that was not valued, and was sent to report on the absurd festival of the groundhog to predict the weather, it was unbearable.
The protagonist at this time is ruthless, indifferent, and arrogant.
Go to report with colleagues, don't live with colleagues, say that you are such a well-known person, how can you live in such a bad hotel? Explain what? He feels his identity is undervalued.
Then it was reported that on the same day, I met an insurance seller. The man pretended to be his classmate and wanted to chat with him. He also ruthlessly refused, and inadvertently stepped into a puddle.
I saw an old man begging on the side of the road, and he passed by indifferently because he had no change on his body.
The protagonist at this time is so irritable and boring, and I can't wait to end this reporting activity immediately and find another job. So he couldn't see the carnival crowd on the day of the groundhog, and he couldn't see the joy of everyone's holiday celebration. He was completely immersed in his own world.
Then, the story goes, his car gets blocked by the snow and he has to go back to the hotel, and then there's the classic scene where he wakes up every morning on Groundhog Day.
Gosh, can't imagine what you would do if your days were always repeating on a certain day?
At this time, the protagonist has experienced a process of indulgence, degeneration, death, freshman learning, helpfulness, and getting out of the cycle. Is it like everyone's life?
At first, I couldn't believe it was true, but when I found out that it was an unchangeable reality, my instinct was to indulge in indulgence, and even have the ecstasy of doing bad things. So the protagonist starts picking girls and robbing banks, but after the indulgence is still empty and boring.
So he thought that he had a beloved girl, so he tried every means to go for it and do whatever he liked. He couldn't come again once, anyway, my brother's life could be cycled infinitely. It is a pity that without the dedication of true love, it is natural to get good things.
At this time, the protagonist is really desperate and no longer alive, so I will show you the death.
Unfortunately, he still didn't die.
But this death made him understand that he could live in another way.
In this movie, I can deeply understand that human nature is inherently evil, or it is human instinct. Confucius also said that food and sex are also, but human beings are different from animals. In fact, there are other choices.
So after countless indulgences, the protagonist suddenly discovered the charm of art one day, so he began to learn to play the piano and learn ice sculpture. When he was immersed in the charm of art, he found that the girl he liked was also attracted coming. Where is the need to deliberately cater to her preferences? As long as you can amaze her, you can make seeing your dreams come true, and there is no girl who doesn't like you.
He also found that helping others was more interesting than his own selfish indulgence. So he repaired the car for the old man who had a flat tire on the road, rescued the child who fell from the tree, gave food and clothing to the homeless old man, and gave the lover who quarreled and wanted to break up with their favorite movie coupons.
The unexpected happened at this time, the more he gave, the more he got. He gave help and support to the townspeople, and the townspeople also used their love for him in return, and the girl he liked took the initiative to shoot him back for one night at the highest price.
And a miracle happened, and he finally got out of the Groundhog Day cycle.
Of course, the final solution is naturally to bring the beauty back.
When this movie inspires people, there must be a kind heart and an altruistic heart, which is also the difference between the ego and the ego that our ancients preached. In the words of Confucianism, it is to reach others as one desires, and to help others is the happiest.
Actually, when every summer vacation is like Groundhog Day, have I ever thought of helping others in the past? Or indulge in your own little days? Just think when the protagonist just learns that life can be infinitely cycled, can't believe it, to surprise, to irritability, to mutation, to rebirth?
Not having a dream is scary, and not living your dream is shameful.
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