I'm drawing near to the end of a good story, and in a way that makes me sad. But perhaps that's what makes stories good: to know the end is in sight, to know the end is coming and that everything will work out alright ( at least for the most part). In life you don't know when the end of anything comes, nor in what manner, but in a story it is pre-determined when and where things will take place, and how they'll turn out. Maybe that's why people like stories so much. Control. Direction. The audience follows what the author/film writer/game designer/playwright has painstakingly thought out, with little to no input required. Even in the elaborate chaos of things falling apart, it's all there so the person enjoying the story can see it all put back together again. And yet, maybe we just need to realize God has that same control in our stories. Honestly, we really don't need to do much more than follow. Maybe that's why people like stories so much. Maybe I'll figure that out myself someday.
Song is:
"Take Me Home, Country Roads"
as in Miyazaki's film "Whisper of The Heart"
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