The Catalyst for Change

We all know that it takes a long time to be able to change. It also depends on the kind of change we want to make. The more we realize about ourselves, the more we accept the reality of our own character. Phil is a person we never had the opportunity to really realize who he was or what he wanted out of his life. He had an idea of his life that was not the truth, but in fact a huge lie about who he really was. When Phil gets stuck in the ellipsis of groundhog day, he goes through many phases of discovering his personal truth. Without this phenomenon of the repetition though, he never would have been able to see himself as he truly was.

The groundhogs day was a catalyst for change. He resented it, hated it, and then eventually accepted it, and that was when everything began to change for him. This is true for many things in our own lives that we might not realize are a catalyst for change. When someone tells you to be open to the world and experience things that are new and different, sometimes we scoff or don't pay attention because we are afraid of change. The things we resent and don't understand are often the things that makes us who we are. The groundhog day is like "The Cave" in so many ways, but mostly it represents the idea that we are all learning how to be the best person we can be. Sometimes this can take a lifetime, and it might be a lifetime we hate, but in the end we are left with something true. Something that we can be proud to know we found for ourselves, and something that no one can take from you.