"At the time, I searched desperately inside myself for any memory of happiness. Now, fifty years later I've learned I was part of someone else's happiness. What a wonderful discovery. You too... someday will find this."
I watched this film Wandâfuru raifu (After Life) directed by Hirokazu Koreeda and it gets you thinking about your own life. The basic synopsis of this film: After people die, you stay in a place for a week, and you have to choose one memory in your life that you will live in for the rest of eternity. It does not matter what type of person you were in your previous life, whether good or bad, everybody ends up here. You have 3 days to choose and a small group of staff help you remember, then eventually recreate it into film to refresh your mind. Eternity follows.
This got me reminiscing and thinking about all the things i`ve done in my life. I cannot think of one specific memory I would love to live in for all eternity but if I was under the same pressure, it would certainly make a difference on my decision making. Instead of thinking hard enough for a memory that`s worth an eternity, all I keep thinking about now is my future, of all the opportunities I can have to make new memories. Get back to me 50 years from now and maybe then, I would be satisfied enough to make a clear decision.
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