Have you ever seen the movie The Shawshank Redemption? If you have not, then it’s okay to just keep reading. If you have, though, you will remember one of the last lines spoken by Morgan Freeman’s character. “I hope the Pacific Ocean is as blue as it has been in my dreams.”
“I hope.”
The point of this movie is the ability hold onto hope which, in other people, has long since died out in order to maintain some level of mental sanity. When prisoners are institutionalized, they become so satisfied and aware of their current surroundings that they no longer hope to get out any time soon, nor do they try to change their present circumstances. The protagonist of this story, Andy, has urged Morgan Freeman’s character, Red, to never lose hope, because hope is the last thing in life. Red tries to convince Andy to forget about getting out of prison before old age, because it is just a lost cause, and that hope can drive a man mad with desire to leave, rather than giving him the acceptance he needs to live in prison sanely.
But, Andy responds by telling Red that, without hope, you might as well die. He says, in one of the most famous lines in modern movie history, “I guess it depends upon whether you’re going to get busy living or get busy dying.”
If any of you know someone who has been through the ravages of drug abuse or alcoholism, you are fully aware of what “getting busy dying” can actually look like. The lack of hope, the lack of direction or the ability to propel yourself, and the lack of contact with this person until they are better really makes the situation seem dire, and almost threatening.
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