Free Existential Advice

Originally published May 2016.

A REFLECTION OF THE MOVIE BEFORE WE GO (2014)

Here's a bit of free existential advice: life is complicated. We are often caught between trains at the station, missing one and thinking that that was the mistake. But the mistake was thinking that thought to begin with.

One decision, one night can change the course of history, whether it is big history like the story of America or small history, like you missing that train. Things happen for a reason; it's wisdom to just swim through it and let it happen.

Fall in love more than once. The first time will teach you what kind of person you really are. The second time will let you know it is possible to love again. Never regret a broken heart; only regret if you run away from it.

When all else fails, check yourself into a hotel room to find a warm, safe place to put things into perspective. Fill out the review with full-throated honesty, but leave the "Are you likely to return?" line blank.

You never know where life will take you next.


~Michael DeNobile

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