“We all have two lives… The life we know and another one, that lies waiting for us.”
Do you believe in destiny? Maybe not. Then, have you ever confused about your life path? Have you ever doubted on the decisions you used to make? I bet you have, we all do. Then you may find an answer in the book “The Strange Journey Of Mr. Daldry”.
By: Zhang Yao 110909221 Class 2
The story is about a young perfume mixer Alice, she is really passionate about what she is doing yet she living an ordinary prosaic life. Usually she spends the late night chatting with her friends but received much complaints from her cantankerous neighbor Mr. Daldry. During an outing to Brighton on Christmas Eve a fortuneteller’s words completely changed Alice’s life. Alice has never believed in soothsayers or destiny but she cannot stop thinking about the old woman’s words. Later Alice starts her adventure to Istanbul accompanied by Mr. Daldry.
Open this book, it makes me kind of feeling like start an adventure of myself. Sometimes word has the power to attract you in and at that moment, it’s you, standing by Alice, with all beautiful scenery filled in eyes. Marc Levy the delicate brushwork of the picturesque scenes in Istanbul make it so real. You can smell the flowers and spices in a single word, you can see the crowd and winding streets in each line, even you can hear the bustle of hawkers, a hubbub from the crowd. After meeting six men, love leads Alice to Mr. Daldry and finally found out her lost past. So, the opinion in this novel is quite interesting, seems like in an instant, a little decision could twist your life to an entirely disparate situation.
After finishing the book, I just can not stop to think about my own life, how I made all my decisions and is that the power lead me to this way, make me who I am. Is there really an another life waiting for me? But now let’s just imagine, one day when you are walking on the street, someone comes along to your way, suddenly, you feel so familiar and comfortable about this guy, you even thinking about say hi to him and see what will happen. But you hesitate, you act like it’s stupid and there is no such thing as destiny. So you smile at each other and then, just walk away. Time goes by, life become dull and utterly pointless. Memories take you back to old days, somehow that smile crossed your mind, and you just realized as the moment you passed by, a same feelings on his face, strange but familiar.
Or maybe like this, when you still young, you try to adventure, try to do something different, yet your parents and friends persuade you like you are trying to ruin your life. So you think, maybe this is your fate, maybe this is how life goes. After years and years, you found there are some people, live a more liberal life you dreamed about. So you start thinking that if there was a chance you could live a totally different life. If you had picked the other way, maybe now you are climbing the Alps, feeling the wind fight on your face, hurt but real, touching the snow on the ground, cold but pure, not sitting in the couch, eating popcorn and watching the boring shows . If you had chosen the another path, maybe now you are walking along la seine, watching the sunrise, waiting for the sunset. Your life may filled with conversations and daydreaming, travel and adventure, pleasantly surprised in carelesslydescends. Not standing behind the window watching people going by, sighing of your life and you deserve a better one.
So you see, where your road leads, determined by every moment you are experiencing. What I’m deeply thinking about is if every point could be the bend in the road, what can be your guiding light through this long and winging life? You may still not believe destiny, but I’ll say what you are doing is your destiny. It is not arranged by anyone but your heart. I Truly believe the anther life do exist but the only one thing could indicate you is to follow your heart, live your life. It is simply to say but many people could not do it even once in their whole life. So just think even for one minute, listen to your inner voice, are you willing to let others eyes erode your life, or following your heart into your freewheeling world.
