"Change can be so constant that you don"t even feel the difference till there is one - it can be so slow that you don't know your life is better or worse until it is, or it can just blow you away, make you something different in an instant . . . it happened to me."
So I love life as a house. Wonderful movie. Haven't seen it for a while, but whatever - it's still the same movie, right? I like that movies are like that - unchanging . . . you can know them for all that they are; once you know the plot, it doesn't change. I find comfort in this sometimes - one of my favorite things to do when I'm feeling a bit down or whatever is to watch The Office or Lost on DVD. I like it because it is familiar, and if home does not equal a fixed geographical location, or if that location doesn't match the location of your heart (where, apparently, home is), then it's nice to have something that feels like home to you.
Back to LaaH. The quote above is what the father says to his son, and it's one of the most poignant moments in a movie full of them. I think we sometimes view life change as these big moments that are dramatic and full and if there was an orchestra nearby they would be playing a very heart moving piece. You know, like the climax of most movies. I think we yearn for these moments because they are easily discernible, and in the area of life where we are most led astray - romance - we think that love equals something big, that real displays of affection are otherwordly lavish.
Well
because we think this, we have a holiday dedicated to doing just that, where if you bring chocolates and roses and a card, you're a good boyfriend, even if you were a shit for the past 364 days.
because we think this, we have unreal expectations of those we love and hope to be loved by.
and because we think this, we miss a lot of very lovely moments.
Sorry - this was written in October, but I'm publishing it here on November 23rd . . .
I find this funny beacause you relate life to a movie and the climax of this movie of life to love. A movies climax is an instant in time that is suppose to be the most exciting moment to the movie, when we have love for most or all of our lives. so i guess what im trying to say is do you really think that love is the climax to life?
ReplyDeleteUmmm . . . I think the point I was trying to make is how much we miss because we expect it to be big and huge and, well, climatic, when really some of the most meaningful moments in life are rather small by comparison. We miss the significance of the small things, even take them for granted, because they are small. If anything, this post stems from a desire to see us all return to a much simpler and honest way of life.
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