‘It’s Kind of a Funny Story’,
simply put, is an ode to life.
An ode to living itself:
He who is
not busy being born
is busy dying.– Bob Dylan: It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
This is like another way of saying this:
Heedfulness is the deathless path,
heedlessness, the path to death.
Those who are heedful do not die,
heedless are like the dead.– The Buddha: Dhammapada (v.21)