Walter Mitty: To see the world, things dangerous to come to, to see behind walls, draw closer, to find each other, and to feel. That is the purpose of life

Walter Mitty: To see the world, things dangerous to come to, to see behind walls, draw closer, to find each other, and to feel. That is the purpose of life

Whats does this famous quote from James Thurber short story means ??

Since I saw the movie "Secret life of Walter Mitty" and read the short story I was wondering what does this quote means.

To see the world, things dangerous to come to, to see behind walls, draw closer, to find each other, and to feel. That is the purpose of life

Brilliant realization of the story in the 2013 movie by the way, I think picturisation is excellent and really cool to see the day dream of Walter coming to life.

I Googled a lot for this quote and found a lot of definitions that people were thinking and I thought its cool way of expressing one self of the movie or the story, so why don't I do it my blog too.

So this quote has to be broken down in order to get to the real meaning.

• To see the world: I think it means actually travelling the world and meeting actual people , seeing what they see and experience what the people around the world experience.
• Things dangerous to come to: In the movie Walter had witnessed the most fascinating and spectacular sights the not many people have actually seen, he would have never done so if he didn't took the chance to found his courage in his love.
• To see behind walls: On ones travels try something new, be open for change, be ready to explore more.
• Draw Closer: The above one is followed by this one, when one explores more they need to be embrace the new things found.
• To find each other: The above one is followed through, when you embrace something new, like new people or culture then may find something which you may be waiting for your whole life.
• To Feel: Finally all the above ones comes to the ends to actually feel, simply travel the world, over come your fear, embrace something new and its call living or the feeling.

That the purpose of life.