Live like they do in the movies

“Life’s journey is not to arrive safely at the Grave in a well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways totally worn out shouting Holly shit, what a ride!”

Some days we wake up, and we're scared to act, scared to move, scared to say what we feel, or do what we want; we are obsessed with preserving our lives. We stay between the lines, we sit quietly, we go to our jobs, we pay insurance on our cars, we sleep indoors, we iron our clothes, we interact with the entire world in prescribed ways. Completely adhering to the idea that we are "given" freedom, we don't believe that we truly "own" freedom.
We live amazing lives - but only in our minds.

We watch movies about people that do what they want.
In movies, humans have incredible lives.
The go sailing across oceans, they make-out the in the driver's seat of the car while screaming 80mph down the highway; in the movies people kiss perfectly.
In the movies people are wild, they are untamed, they are brave, they are larger than life, only because our lives are so frail in comparison.

You know the feeling you get when you are doing something dangerous, and suddenly you make a mistake. You slip while rock-climbing, you crash on your mountain bike, or you narrowly miss a ledge while skiing.. you know the feeling?
Your heart skips about 10 beats, and you suddenly are aware that you barely missed death! You are still alive! It is like someone grabbed you a shook you.. to wake you up. That is a MOVIE STATE OF MIND. Life is thrown back into perspective. Its more an urgency, or a drive that makes us fearless, able to challenge it all, and do exactly what we want.. it is living, that makes life worth living.
Maybe you have to burst into a classroom and kiss a beautiful girl.
Maybe you have to sell everything you own and move away,
Maybe you have to paint something awesome.
Maybe you sing at the top of your lungs in front of anyone.
Maybe you jump out of a window.
Maybe you break into a swimming pool.
Maybe you strip naked and run wildly down a beach.
Maybe you buy everyone in the bar a drink.
Maybe you become a hero.
Maybe you write a book.
Maybe you start a revolution.
Maybe you do exactly what you've been aching to do your entire life.. because you can.

You are stronger than you know. You are wilder than you can imagine. Life is more exciting than you have been told. Adventure is everywhere.



(Andrew Tipton)