"I guess sometimes the past just catches up with you, whether you want it to or not."
Paul Edgecomb
The Green Mile
1999
The past is a mirror of the present. The future is a reflection of your past. When we look ahead and reflect on what we've accomplished, mistakes we have made and situations we've been in, we seem more versatile and more fluid in creating that legacy in which we seek . When we make choices that ultimately in the long run change the outcome of our decisions ,we are held accountable and destined to answer to those we've become important to.
Is the green mile 5280 feet? Or is it a euphemism for the journey in which we embark on and take with stride when facing our least tasked redemption?
Each day I wonder, how will today play out? Each step I take, I contemplate how will I evolve and promote myself as important to society. If we are given opportunity to find ourselves in between what is real and what is apparent, are we given the benefit of a doubt when we realize that someone sees our value and we need to capitalize on our worth?
I plan on taking my strides in steps, taking those leaps in jumps and hesitating when skipping the stones and moving from bridge to bridge. I tend to talk in tangents, I tend to blabber in subconscious, yet, I can control my future, because I know my past. Because I know I am in the present and the present is what stands between myself and the mirror.
Tom Hanks portrayed a prison guard named Paul Edgecomb during the depression and was in charge of death row. When an inmate comes to the green mile, the reality of his role as a death row guard begins to change, and the miracles that life allows, continued to evolve.
John Coffey played by Michael Clarke Duncan, was sent to death row because he was convicted of murder for two small girls. When Paul comes to reality that John is innocent and a natural healer, the audacity of the green mile, seems so far fetched and reluctantly disastrous for such a well taken soul.
This film was powerful and moving. It demonstrated perception and good will. This film offered audiences a look into people and their qualities, and people and their souls. When seen that miracles happen, and healing is somewhat of a afterthought to perception, we must understand that to be healed you have to be open to underestimating the pain.
I could speak for pages regarding this film. Speak about the mouse, the other inmates, the guards, the walls, the characters outside the green mile. I could discuss the story, the injustice, the accusations, and the ending. But, I wanted to keep the idea going that we must understand how we affect one another.
People are important, deemed important to some more than others. People deserve to have passion in life, and redemption in co-existence. I speak with a loud voice, timid by perception sometimes, but, expressively confident at other times.
The green mile can be taken as a metaphor for the steps we take towards our death. Whether it be the start of the day we were born, to the day in which we reflect back on who've we become.
Ignorance in motives hinders people, acceptance in knowing empowers people. I know the past is the past, the present is today and the future is forthcoming. Yet, I know that I am survived by all that surround themselves with me, and I am engaged with the solitude that my life evades. Sometimes taking the first step is just the beginning. Stopping to listen to someones story is more than taking a head start.
Life is made up of multiple chapters, sometimes new books, and other times a re-read of a favorite. Keep turning the pages and remember, the ending can always be altered; given circumstance and miracles.
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Needed one of these today!!! As it is my birthday!!!