I just recently re-watched a favorite movie, Stranger Than Fiction. I love the movie, the message, and the presentation. It is about a man who faces his own death, and thus, learns to really live. The closing words are beautiful:
"Sometimes when we lose ourselves in fear and despair, in routine and constancy, in hopelessness and tragedy, we can thank God for Bavarian sugar cookies. And fortunately when there aren’t any cookies, we can still find reassurance in a familiar hand on our skin, or a kind and loving gesture, or a subtle encouragement, or a loving embrace, or an offer of comfort… not to mention hospital gurneys, and nose plugs, and a little danish, soft spoken secrets, and fender Stratocasters, and maybe, the occasional piece of fiction.
And we must remember that ALL these things, the nuances, the anomalies, the subtleties which we assume only accessorize our days are in fact here for a much larger and nobler cause. They are here to save our lives. I know the idea seems strange. But I also know that is just so happens to be true."
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