Why we like movies.

This is the article I wish I wrote but I didn't. Here it is anyway.
"For decades films have served the purpose of escaping reality-affordable getaways that allowed the viewer to forget about their problems for two hours by watching fictitious characters encounter their own. The typical Hollywood film would end with the good guy reigning supreme in a conclusion designed to please the masses thatÂ’s filled with contagious optimism and stark improbabilities. These are films without a voice of their own; they’re written with the audience in mind because let’s face it, everyone loves a feel-good film and where there’s a majority like ability, thereÂ’s money. There’s a problem with that though and that is this: it’s not real and we know it. This is particularly true with romantic comedies– we’d love to see the guy get the girl, or the girl get the guy, because it allows us to be hopeful that we will too in our own lives, or if you’re luckier than the next, that you already have. In the real world however, relationships end about as often as the sun rises because the dating gameÂ’s changed to accommodate society’s slipping value system– everything moves at such a quick pace that thinking about our decisions usually comes after weÂ’ve already made them. Like a character in The Last Kiss says, "The world is moving so fast now that we start freaking long before our parents did because we don’t stop to breathe anymore."

-Devin Dagraca

One thing that I always loved about movies was that I could watch someone work out an unbelievable problems in the course of two hours or less. If only life was that easy right. It occurred to me that life can be that easy given the proper perspective. "Don't take life so seriously, you'll never get out alive" Give it to God, serve Him and concentrate on making someone else really happy. You would be surprised at how happy it will make you in return.

49 Up

There is an interesting documentary that has been filmed over the past 42 years. It took a diverse group of kids all over England and interviewed them about their life every 7 years. For the trailer go here http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/49up/. This trailer got me thinking about the way my life has gone since I was seven. It's interesting how life can start out one way and then end up another. The really cool thing is I'm not even half way there (hopefully). So where will you be in seven years? What about seven years after that. What kind of legacy will you leave? I take comfort in the fact that as long as God is a priority in my life seven years from now I'll be just fine!