I just came home from seeing this movie and it is on my mind. Most of you know the story, a hiker falls into a crevice and his arm is wedged between a rock and the canyon wall. He is stuck. The only way out, eventually, is for him to amputate his arm. The movie is pretty graphic....
But, there is much more to the story. The guy has lived his life pretty much doing what he wanted, when he wanted to do it. He told no one where he would be, he wasn't particularly well-prepared for the hike. He thought he was invincible. In the canyon he realizes that he was bound to end up in this type of predicament.."This rock has been waiting for me my whole life."
So, does the rock represent for each of us a seemingly insurmountable obstacle? Do we all have our rocks, our impossible predicaments? One message of the movie could be not to give up hope, not to succumb to an impossible situation, but continue to fight. The force of the human spirit is stronger than the situation. We will face obstacles, how we handle them is what determines the type of person we are.
Or, does the rock represent destiny? The hiker's actions all lead to this point. He was settting himself up for this. If that is the case, to what extent can we escape our past actions? Can we reset our path? If we create obstacles, or at least put ourselves in a position to face them, can we deflect them once the process has started? Can we change our fate, our destiny?
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