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We all emote at some time in our lives, and I must confess that I shed numerous tears after my accident. Looking back, one thing is clear: The 'near death experience' is not necessarily the life changing epiphany that is often portrayed in the movies.
Rather than inspiring me to shun the mundane, everyday life in pursuit of a more spiritual existence, it made me crave those simple, workaday experiences.
I'm not sure how this relates to the whole crying game, except that maybe there exists in me a pool of sadness left over from my accident and fed by my yearning to walk barefoot in wet grass, etc.
It's just a little embarrassing that this should reveal itself in my reaction to something like Lost And Found (which is a damn fine adaptation of one of our favourite books at bedtime).
We all emote at some time in our lives, and I must confess that I shed numerous tears after my accident. Looking back, one thing is clear: The 'near death experience' is not necessarily the life changing epiphany that is often portrayed in the movies.
Rather than inspiring me to shun the mundane, everyday life in pursuit of a more spiritual existence, it made me crave those simple, workaday experiences.
I'm not sure how this relates to the whole crying game, except that maybe there exists in me a pool of sadness left over from my accident and fed by my yearning to walk barefoot in wet grass, etc.
It's just a little embarrassing that this should reveal itself in my reaction to something like Lost And Found (which is a damn fine adaptation of one of our favourite books at bedtime).
Better not watch 'Legends of the Fall', then!