The Gravity of Not Letting Go

“The key to be able to let go of all the stuff you are holding on to is knowing that you’ll be okay if you don’t have it.”

– John C. Parkin

I watched the movie, “Gravity,” over the weekend. Loved it!

I saw it when it first came out in 2013. In fact, I intended to write a blog about it then but never got around to it. But an awful lot has changed in my life — and the world — in those seven years.

When I first saw the movie (I remember watching it in the cute little movie theatre in Sidney, BC where I used to live), the message that jumped out at me then was the reminder to never give up.

If you’ve seen the film, you may recall the scene where the Sandra Bullock character, Dr. Ryan Stone, has just turned down the oxygen levels in her little space capsule in an effort to speed up the process of her clearly imminent death. She has given up on trying to get back to earth. Though she has managed to overcome every other challenge up to that point, the next step she faces seems impossible. Not only has she seemingly run out of options, she has now lost hope.

But then, as she starts to lose consciousness because of the lack of oxygen, her colleague in space, Matt, played by George…