"American Beauty"

"I guess I could be pretty pissed off about what happened to me. But it's hard to stay mad when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much. My heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst. And then I remember to relax, and not try to hold on to it. And then it flows through me like rain. And …showed first 75 words of 1099 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1099 total…the second before you die. First of all, that second isn't a second at all, it stretches on forever, like an ocean of time..." The "American Beauty" represents a perspective on life, and it's hidden meaning. Only with the abandonment of the desire and pursuit of materialistic luxuries will one discover the truth of life and all it's beauty. Only then can they obtain eternal bliss that "stretches on forever, like an ocean of time..."