Pray you never feel the abrupt rush of panic when looking back
on your life – as an eighteen year old - and already finding yourself asking what if?. That
feeling when your story line doesn’t fall parallel to that of Boyhood or your coming of age
experiences don’t meet up to the standards of John Hughes. I was always a long-term
planner who did whatever it took to mimic the happy life of a Molly Ringwald
character, and live out all my passions through into my golden years. I knew
what made me happy and If I found myself veering even slightly off my home-grown
plan, I’d simply stop what I’m doing and change it.
So looking back on an unaligned, inconsistent and scattered
storyline has left me with nothing but sheer fright. A horrific reminder that
no matter how adventurous or innovative your friends are, YOU WILL NEVER LIVE
OUT THE PLOTLINE OF THE GOONIES. Its a slap in the face.
I hadn’t realized how detrimental life’s curve ball of the past
2 years has really been on my story. How much it has shattered my allusion for
what I thought would be my future now. But regardless of the panic I feel as I
look back and wonder what if, I have in turn come to worry less about the
future and how to control it. Like how Robin Williams stands up on his desk in Dead
Poets Society to “look at things in a different way”, I can now look at tomorrow
- and the day after, and after – without fear of disorder and turmoil. Hell I
welcome lack of structure.
Because the coming of age story lines that throw massive curve
balls, are always the best ones anyway.
Realizing why fiction movies are called "fiction," and as always, breeding optimism,
- Serena Bonneville :)
