The Wild

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Life is a wild journey.  It has many narrow roads with loads of obstacles and unyielding path ahead.  We might not know which path way to turn to and which is the right path and we will make mistakes when we least want to and as a result, we have to live with the consequences.  In the movie Wild, the character Cheryl Stayed has hit a hard road in her life.  She went through many ups and downs and eventually decided to heal herself by hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. The trail leads from the Sierra Desert in Mexico to Canada.  Through out her journey, she struggled internally with the memories of her mistakes and lost  For instance, the death of her mother continually popped up and she struggled to accept the fact.  In addition, her seven years of marriage ended and the devastation of the divorce was more than she can handle due to the fact that the cause of it was her infidelity toward her husband.  Despite the tragic events, Cheryl decided to forgive herself and to move on with  life.  She discovered that only she and she only can find her way out of the woods and resolved her pains and heal her own grief. Similarly, in life, we all will confront certain blocks and rocks on the road we walk on.  We will make mistakes and will have to learn how to move on from it and continue with life.  It's not easy and it's not clear but it's definitely a skill we all can master.


Memorable quote: “The father’s job is to teach his children how to be warriors, to give them the confidence to get on the horse to ride into battle when it’s necessary to do so. If you don’t get that from your father, you have to teach yourself.” 
― Cheryl Strayed, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail