Messages of Click

While watching Adam Sandler’s recent movie “Click” last weekend, I was torn between the quality of the movie vs the quality of the message. By way of background information, I am happy to enjoy sophomoric humor in reasonable doses. So, Adam Sandler and his wit are very much up my Alley. Click does not disappoint in that regard. Adam is good at interspersing his trademark humor in this movie. If you are strictly looking for Adam’s sense of humor, you will be disappointed. The movie gets a little weak with some of the heavy handedness that the message takes on at different points. But this post is not about writing a movie review. It is about the message Click attempts to deliver.

The message is quite simple really. It is a reminder that the journey, and more importantly, the immediate presence of the journey, really is more important than the destination. Ironically, I was in a doctor’s office recently and read an interview of Willie Nelson in O magazine (Yes, I read O). He had a very similar point. As he put it; ” If I had the ability to plan my whole life out, and then live that plan, my life would have been very limited relative to what actually happened.” He went on to say that most of the “happy” people he has met in his life have learned to enjoy the NOW as much (if not more) than the promise of the future. I think this is the truly great point of Click. If you hate your daily existence, how is working at it for 20 years going to improve anything? Can you disengage from all of the conflicting messages our society creates for brief moments of time to enjoy your existence? I guess that is the core objective. Living your life in a manner that you can live for NOW, at the same time enjoying the promise of the future. While not rocket science, it is good to stop and think about it every now and again.