Don't you sometimes wish your life could be like a movie? I think we've all been there. Something goes wrong and you stop and thing "If this was a movie..." And the outcome always seems better than what happens in real life. You lose your job in a movie, you meet the love of your life on the subway ride home. You lose your job in real life, you're unemployed, eating Ramen Noodles for the next few months. You get dumped in a movie, you bury yourself in Kleenex for a day...but meet Prince Charming the next day. You get dumped in real life, you bury yourself in Kleenex for...let's not lie...weeks, while your self-esteem hits an all new low. Your husband dies of a terrible disease in a movie, you get sent mysterious letters from him and eventually fall in love with his old friend from back home (sound familiar?). Your husband dies of a terrible disease in real life, you're not only depressed but also weighed down with debt from the hospital. I think you get the point. Either way, real life is never like a movie. No matter how much we fantasize about things or daydream about the maybe's and what if's, real life is going to be real life. Things are difficult, right? Right. My good friend and I used to have this thing called SUPERGREATSTORYTIME back in high school. We'd write notes back and forth during the school day, talk about it over the phone, email segments of it to each other, etc. Let's just say it consumed a LOT of our time. But it was so fun! We could dream up practically any cheesy, lovey-dovey scenerio, sometimes with real characters, sometimes with fake personas of people we met once or twice. But for that glorious moment when we'd sink our teeth into a new chunk of story, we could really be those characters. What ever we wanted to happen, we could easily make happen with the stroke of a pen or a flutter across the keyboard. I think we both enjoyed making up new stories and situations but I think what we loved most about it was that in that moment, we could almost feel what it would be like to have those movie moments...those moments that were absolutely magical.
Every once and a while I like to think they show themselves in real life. Said friend was just telling me about her life and experiences with a certain guy and even though she was in the midst of telling me this story because she was upset with him, I could feel a sense of excitement within myself, wanting to hear what would happen next in the trail of events! He took you on your first date? "What happened!" He met your Dad? "How was that!" You finally decided to make it official? "Awwww!" You had an argument that led to a make out sesh? "OMG tell me more!" Although we all may feel silly admitting it, we all love hearing about those juicy moments that may lead to some kind of dramatic climax in the story.
Personally, I think it's healthy to imagine yourself in those movie moments. Even if that's not exactly how things work out in reality, it can still make you laugh or simply bring happiness to you - just by imagining. There's a reason writers and directors and actors spend millions of dollars and put in hours upon hours or work - so that people can escape reality and see themselves in the story...so that people don't lose that childlike sense of imagination...so that people are able to come back to real life and maybe not take things too seriously.
Thanks for reading :)
Love,
Rachel
p.s. - Speaking of movies, I am a huge fan of movie soundtracks. If you are at all the same way, please go listen to Ray Lamontagne's album titled "Trouble"...I'm not even sure if any of these songs are in any movie soundtracks but they are all absolutely beautiful and have always reminded me of melodies you'd hear playing the background of a sappy love scene haha
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