Veronika Decides to Die

A few months ago, a FB post somewhere referred to this video, "Veronika Decides to Die", a movie made based on Paulo Coelho's book.  I had wanted to read the book first, but seeing as there is a lot of other reading for me to do in other areas, I went straight to the movie.

I had read brief summaries of the book.  All I knew was it was about a girl who seemed to have everything but decides to commit suicide.  I expected the movie to show what her successful life was like and then show whatever leads to her suicide, but that was not the case at all.  The movie starts with her committing suicide, and then shows how she deals with not dying and being put into a mental asylum.

I guess the movie talks about conforming or not conforming, about being different, about what you want versus what people want for you.  It talks about learning to live, when you find out that you're going to die.  Obviously, it goes into the topic of insanity.

I wish I could "live".

You need quite a bit of patience to watch this movie.  It's more internal than anything.  There never seems to be very much going on that you can see.  Anyhow, an interesting enough watch.  Sarah Michelle Gellar playing the main character was a bonus.  Plus, lots of thought-provoking quotes.

"In our society, we feel we must be happy.  If'we're not happy, we feel hopeless.  We feel like failures."

"Sometimes, being away from everyone, even loved ones, can help people get calm."

"In order to lose someone, you must first experience authentic attachment."

While trying to find the quotes again, I found other quotes from the book, itself.  This one particularly caught my attention:

"Don't be embarrassed about being loved.  I am not asking you for anything."

So similar to words that I've heard......