only non-resistance

Wilfrid 2022-04-21 09:01:42

Three days ago, I dived for the first time in the Mediterranean Sea. Just two meters down, I was hit by the underwater current and I couldn't calm down and breathe. I tried once, twice, three times, but it didn't work. I told the dive guide that I wanted to get on the boat. After two hours, I changed to another bottle, and the dive became much smoother, and I regained my breathing rhythm. During the two hours on the boat, I stared at the waves that kept setting off the subs, and thought for a long time why I couldn't maintain the correct diving posture? I realized later that I was fighting a useless fight against the current, and that every useless swing and struggle made me more exhausted, and I forgot how to slow, slow, breathe.

Lee is a person who has completely given up his resistance to life. Since his attempted suicide by taking a gun at the police station, his life has been a long mourning drama. The apartment made things difficult for his tenant, harsh on his boss, small basement room, no social life, these things didn't make him feel miserable, they were all hidden behind the huge dark cloud, and they didn't bring him anything. With the new pain, he just gave up his resistance to life and lived in a desperate gesture.

The death of his elder brother and the sudden custody of custody have disrupted his life of mourning. The climax of the conflict came from the second encounter with his ex-wife, the sudden forgiveness, the sudden confession, and the unpreparedness, like a thunderbolt from the ground, exploded his mourning life, and he blocked the light with his hands, because i cannot beat it, because forgiving means re-entering life against life.

And I was also slightly shocked by the confession of my ex-wife. At that moment, for the first time, I felt that love might be ten thousand times stronger than I thought. You think that only water, light, and love can keep it alive, but no, the absence of material, physical, and spiritual will not stop it from spreading, just like pain, trying to wipe, forget, try to fight is just in vain, Lee The smartest way was chosen - no resistance.

On the cold coast of Manchester, the heavy snow in winter always arrives as scheduled, and in Lee's heart, the flaming flames in the snow will never be extinguished, and he would rather let it live on, even if the pain is like a shadow.

In the rapids of the seabed, you can't resist the hysterical force that wants to overturn you in order to maintain a calm breathing. As in life, sometimes the only thing we can do is to give up resistance.

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Manchester by the Sea quotes

  • Suzy Chandler: Daddy?

    Lee Chandler: Yes, honey.

    Suzy Chandler: Can't you see we're burning?

    Lee Chandler: No, honey. You're not burning.

  • [Lee and Patrick are walking on the street, having a heated argument which includes profanity. We see a pedestrian who overhears their conversation]

    Manchester Pedestrian: Great parenting.

    Lee Chandler: Fuck you! Mind your fucking business, fucking asshole!