Life or Death?
Sometimes, there are people who wish to die, while there are people who wish to stay alive...
Isn't it too cruel?!
There are people who wish to live on,
but there are people who don't want to live anymore.
Do you know? A wish to stay alive is really too hard to be true.
The more you wish, the more it is impossible to have it.
I just realised how pitiful it is to wish for staying alive.
Perhaps, If it was me who don't have chance to be alive,
I could trade something in return for me to be alive.
We, as a human, usually will live in this world without thinking that we are gonna die.
However, when you thought that you have your time limit in this world, what would you think?
I saw a korean drama called 49 days. I don't really know how I will describe this drama
It's really such a good must-watch drama.
There's a girl, named Shin Ji Hyun who got an accident and she is in coma,
but the Grim Reaper said that it's not the date where she should die.
So, God of Death gives her a chance, a 49 days journey to get her life back.
The rule is very simple,
If she got 3 sincere tears who cry for her in her journey of 49 days, she will be alive.
Do you know how much afraid you are when you are the one who is on that position?
You only have two choices, alive or death?
It's a choice that no matter what you are afraid of, you only have one choice in the end,
If the choices are about what candies you want,
I think, you won't be that afraid to go on with your 49 days.
Shin Ji Hyun, such a really brave, honest and sincere woman went on in her 49 days journey and in the end, after going through so many hardship, she can live.
However, her destinied time, which was given for her from she was born is one week after her 49 days journey. That means, she will die in one week after her 49 days joruney.
She can live on but in the end she has to die?!
Such really a pitiful life.
She cried and said,
"Who should I get angry at?! Who should? No matter how sad it is, no matter how cruel it is, no matter how unfair it is, no matter how upset I am....there's nothing I can do. No matter how I beg for, this is something that is out of human's control...."
When she said something like that,
I understand how she feels, life or death is not something that we as a human can control it.
No matter unfair you feel, if it's your time to go, then nothing you can do.
We usually live without think that we are going to die,
but seeing her, with her bravery and her effort to smile until her last minute,
I really want to tell you guys that, although we still live on in this live,
but we have to live as if it's 49 days.
Live is precious, life is beautiful, so love like there's no tomorrow. Live in this world without regrets and leave this world without regrets. - 49 days
There's someone who makes a brief thought about how 49 days was wrapped up perfectly,
Kang's last line in front of the graves:
"So for the ones living, let's gather strength from that comfort and live our lives putting in our all. As if our lives are like a compressed version of the 49 days"
The last ep can be seen as a farewell between the ones who die and the ones who live, and also as an elegy
(as ji hyun's mum said "it's as if she woke up to say goodbye to us")
In the last ep, ji hyun cleaned her room, made kimbap with yi kyung, went on a picnic with kang, and said her last goodbyes to her parents.In this way, she wrapped up everything she felt was necessary and provided them with comfort. For yi kyung, she discovered the key to yi soo's practice room in the box of things and she was surprised because she thought the place wouldnt be there anymore since it was in a demolished building. Just like her memories which she had locked away, the key opens the door again to this world and she discovers the bank account that yi soo opened for her. Through his msg from the passbook, Yi kyung is consoled in the same way that ji hyun attempted to do with her family and friends - yi kyung knows how much yi soo loved her and that she must go on. In this way, even after the ones who die have left, the ppl who remained living were consoled and were able to gather strength to continue living.
As i said there's also a take which made biblical references. Ji hyun's mission to find the 3 teardrops was compared to Sodom. Sodom was a city of evil which God had decided to destroy. Abraham asks Yahweh, if there are 10 righteous people in the city would he spare the city? Yahweh answers that he would. Ji hyun's mission to find the 3 teardrops is likened to finding the 10 people in Sodom in order to save it.
During ji hyun's 49 days, she realised that the people she thought had loved her did not really love her, and that what she thought was good will ended up hurting others. During this time, she looked for the people who truly loved her but also tried her best in trying to make up for the things which she had caused. These 49 days were not just a time for her to get her life back but a time for her to discover what life really is from a 3rd person point of view. During this time she was able to truly live, developed wisdom, forgave others and repented for her sins - it is as if this time was a time given to souls who could not go to heaven, to cleanse their soul, repent for their sins and pray for eternal life.
If 49 days is analysed in this way, then when scheduler was about to call the elevator on the last day, ji hyun had already completed her 'mission'. (This is compared to the 40 days during which Jesus was tempted by Satan and him having to prove his divine power) By that time, ji hyun had learnt to throw away greed and obsession (집착) and had been enlightened. So in the remaining 6 days which she lived, she is spreading the gospel to a world full of lies and hypocrisy.
The last scene with kang and yi kyung in front of the graves is also seen to do the same through - spreading a last msg to the viewers
credit to cecilia@soompi
So everyone, please remember that our life is precious and cherish your life.
Be a good children to your parents and love them like there's no tomorrow!
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