Just a fair warning, I’m here to either totally depress you with this post, or inspire you in some weird way. If I did neither than…I’m lacking in awesome in some way. Nonetheless, I think its troubling when we live in a world where we have so many conveniences, and technology makes our lives so much simpler, but yet we find ourselves more and more stressed everyday. We have to worry about the next pay check, our rent, and whether we get food in our belly. Some don’t have jobs, are homeless, are starving, and have been abandoned by family and friends. That’s hard stuff, and we think about it everyday as our world goes crumbling down from a poor economy and a war against an enemy we feel are all around us. But again, this isn’t a political site, this isn’t about views on our current economic state, or the war on terror. BORING…well, yeah, I know its important, but you can get that somewhere else. Here, I want to talk about something…out there.
For those who made it past that sad first paragraph, here’s what I have to tell you that makes me smile. I’m so glad that we still have an imagination. That if we try hard enough, we can be a kid at heart and let our emotions and our day dreams rule us for a little while. Why is that a good thing? I’m not saying abandon all responsibility, I’m not daft, I’m simply suggesting you take time in your day to do something you used to enjoy as a kid, or revel in thoughts you used to dive into when you were younger. It doesn’t have to be a little kid, we were pretty imaginative people when were teens, and a bit so in our twenties. Whatever you can muster, sit back…engulf yourself in a book you used to read, a movie you used to watch or a board game you used to play. Or better yet…engulf yourself in those old emotions…the innocence, the amazement…the joy.
I hate beating a dead horse, but I mentioned Scott Pilgrim several times in tweets and possibly a post here. I have a horrible memory and I lack the motivation to hunt it down, but that movie reminded me of how I used to be when I was a kid. Emotions stirred in me, the music enlightened me, and the movie invoked all those thoughts of being carefree, in love, and excited. I realize that I may be the only one that felt that way, but in a time where things just don’t make sense sometimes, and we’re riding emotional roller coasters, I needed a movie like this to give me the mindset I needed, or wanted, and help me escape every once in awhile.
Don’t run away from what you need to do or from your responsibility, but take a moment, to get lost, to take a vacation for the real world if only for a couple hours, and enjoy getting lost in that book, or that game, or that movie.
