About a week ago, I watched the movie "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" for the first time. I have never read the book, although it is on my to-do list for Christmas Break, and I kind of wish I had before seeing the movie. But it was one of those "I am extremely bored and tired of studying and will doing anything to procrastinate from studying" thoughts and so I watched it, and I absolutely loved it! If you haven't seen the movie yet, you should definitely watch it! If was a fabulous and beautiful story, and there were some tears shed through out the movie. It is a coming of age film about a shy introverted freshman, Charlie, in high school, who is really just trying to find his way in life, who becomes best friends with two seniors (who are half siblings) Sam and Patrick. They sort of take Charlie under their wing and in a way introduce him to the real world. It's story about growing up, friendships, discovering who you are. A story about love and life and overcoming all those things that we let hold us back. I could go on and on about it but I feel like I can't do the movie justice.
It's one of those movies where no matter where in your life you are at this moment, something said in the movie will influence you and impact you in some way or another. One of my favorite quotes from the movie is spoken when Charlie comes out of treatment for depression and he says "We can't choose where we come from, but we can choose were we go from there. I know it isn't all the answers but it is enough to start putting these pieces together." We can't change the past. We can't change the life we were born into. As much as people wish they could change these things, life just doesn't work that way. But the future is in our hands. We can decide where we want to go, what we want to make of ourself and we can decide on the person we want to be.
"I don't know if I will have the time to write anymore letters because I might be too busy trying to participate. So if this does end up being the last letter I just want you to know that I was in a bad place before I started high school and you helped me. Even if you didn't know what I was talking about or know someone who has gone through it, you made me not feel alone. Because I know there are people who say all these things don't happen. And there are people who forget what it's like to be 16 when they turn 17. I know these will all be stories someday. And our pictures will become old photographs. We'll all become somebody's mom or dad. But right now these moments are not stories. This is happening, I am here and I am looking at her. And she is so beautiful. I can see it. This one moment when you know you're not a sad story. You are alive, and you stand up and see the lights on the buildings and everything that makes you wonder. And you're listening to that song and that drive with the people you love most in this world. And in this moment I swear, we are infinite."
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