Many of us spend life chasing what we want but remain confused on what we need.
Perhaps we dream about the time we (finally) say what we think.
Someday I will say, “Sir, you eat too much.”
Even to suggest such a vicious thought betrays an unconscious heartlessness. (Call the college!)
Imagine charting only useful clinical data: AOM, Rx Amox. Nothing more. Delete 300 words about all you did not find – all you considered but did not do.
How long could you hide your rebellion? A day? A week or more?
To sleep, perchance to dream…
Walter Mitty – The Movie
In a character-defining scene, Walter sits on a bench waiting for the train. The elevated platform stands several stories above street level.
Walter chats on his cellphone with Todd Maher of eHarmony, an online dating service. Walter loves Cheryl, a co-worker, and wants to leave her a ‘wink’ online.
Todd looks at Walter’s profile. It is blank. Walter must tell about himself: What he has done? Where he has travelled?
But Walter hasn’t travelled or done anything special. He just goes to work.
“Have you done anything, noteworthy? … or mentionable?” Todd asks.
Walter freezes. The phone slips from his ear.
A distressed dog barks inside a nearby building. Something is wrong and Walter must find out.
Walter starts running past all the businesspeople on the platform. He picks up speed and leaps over the railing, arms outstretched. Flying through the air, Walter falls several stories and crashes through a window in a low-rise next to the train. Continue reading “Walter Mitty — Needs vs Wants”
