It's Kind of a Funny Story

Speaking of movies, I recommend "It's Kind of Funny Story." It's about an adolescent who walks into a hospital ER feeling suicidal. He gets admitted to the adult psych unit. Over five days, the movie tracks his life in the ward and his interactions with his fellow patients. I liked it because the progress he makes, the lessons learned, are slow and quiet and genuine, and the performances superb, especially Zach Galifianakis, Keir Gilchrist, and Emma Roberts. There is a scene where Zach Galifianakis, a patient but also a mentor to the kid, says "If I were you....I'd just live" That's what the movie builds to, a reminder that that, wherever we are, there are always moments of opportunity for us to do the living in our lives, if we will just stay awake and realize it.