Finding what has been LOST

Who knows if anyone still reads this blog. If you comment on this blog I'll give you a hug just so I know someone is reading. But anyway...

Now that LOST is over I find myself reflecting on the show. I know a lot of people didn't like the ending. I haven't decided if I liked it or not. I don't think I disliked it. But I did want to share one thing that I got out of it. Despite the fact that many questions went unanswered, i find that there is a message in the background that if we are too concerned with getting answers we will miss. I love that the culmination of LOST ended with all of the survivors coming together. I don't know what kind of spiritual message they were trying to send out. Had they been in purgatory, are the going to heaven, I don't know. But what I found to be revelatory was that in the end, they needed each other. What a wonderful message for our society today. I watched the 2 hour pre-finale, with the narration from the characters and one thing they mentioned was how diverse the cast was. All different nationalities and backgrounds. But they all came together for one purpose. And I feel that was the message of the show. Much like Jack's famous line (Either we live together or we die alone) this ended up being the underlining message that I hadn't even realized until the end.

We are people who need other people. The things that we go through in life have a profound impact on us and they are meant to be shared by others. Whether or not LOST was trying to do this, they have illustrated what i believe part of our calling on this earth is; to do life with others.

This has challenged me to start to open myself up to others. If I could be one character from LOST it would be Hurley, because he was the one who brought others together. I would love to have that gift. And I hope that when the end comes as it did for the survivors of Oceanic 815, i find myself with the people I love as we enter into the gates of heaven, knowing that each person played a significant part in another persons life.