Open Highways

There is a saying I quote from the movie Baby Driver which says “I want to head west on (Route) 20, in a car I can’t afford”. I think this is a good parable of life about what it means to have a dream and hope. What I want to focus on is the open spontaneity this desire entails.

They say if you don’t plan for the future the future happens to you. That is quite true if you have a major plan we would like to achieve. Of course the small mini plans involved in getting this done is also part and parcel. But how about the other parts of life?

I always find it great to have a day unplanned when I am on my own. It gives that awesome feeling of liberty which cannot be replaced. Yet I feel nervous if I don’t have a plan with somebody else. It’s as if life doesn’t function with others without a plan.

Perhaps on the inside we all dread having plans made. Because people hardly meet each other and end up getting so busy with just being themselves. Maybe if we stop overfocusing on needing plans we would really appreciate the beauty of life as is.