Ferrari

Ferrari. The story of how we are convinced it will never happen to us.

Just before I sat down to write my new year's resolutions, I ambled down the street to my local movie theater to see the featured matinee. Starring Adam Driver in the lead role, Ferrari tells the story of visionary car designer Enzo Ferrari. 

Woven deftly between scenes shot at the race track, the audience is given glimpses of the inner workings of Ferrari's tumultuous marriage, his complicated relationship with his longtime paramour, and his ever-present grief over the death of his son. But it was his addiction to racing that provides the film's most ardent emotion. Behind the beautiful lines of his ferociously fast cars, Enzo Ferrari was a man possessed.

"Make no mistake, we are all racers," Ferrari opines. "We all know it's our deadly passion, our terrible joy." 

This stark utterance has haunted me ever since. Our terrible joy. 

As we launch another year, self-reflection is part and parcel of how many of us begin our next circle around the sun. This year I do that with a bit more trepidation as I consider Ferrari's warning of the dangerous temptations that may await...