Kenosis

What do you do the moment your dreams come true?

In the movies, the film always ends in the "happily ever after" part. It's usually a wedding scene or a picture of a couple kissing or hugging or laughing. Whatever it is, the audience is always left with a picture of perfect peace, of success, of complete victory.

That, my friends, is one clear reason why we love watching films. It somewhat buffers reality. We are made to believe, for two hours, that every problem has a solution. For two hours, we get our money's worth of personal heroes. We pick one single character we can best relate with, wear his or her shoes for about a hundred and twenty minutes, fly up in the air, beat up our enemies with brute strength or a sharp witty tongue, triumph, then we exit stage left with a feeling of inexplicable euphoria.

I'm a sucker for movies. Well, I'm a sucker for artists. Depending on his or her technique and expertise, the masterpiece can take you to a whole new level of existence. You are somehow left with a better (or at least a different) understanding of the world and of yourself. Like, when an actress delivers a manic rant monologue (Julie Delpy's characters are my favorite. :) ), exposing her weaknesses and her true self to the audience, I see that as beautiful and brave. It kind of puts the words in my mouth for all those frustrating moments when I desperately needed to (or need to, for future reference) explain myself to another person, but could not hit "bulls-eye".

Simple words like, "Mr. Big" of Sex and the City or "Jell-o" from My Best Friend's Wedding, suddenly pours forth a heap of meaning. When I tell one of my best girl friends who's also an avid fan of SATC, "I think he's my Mr. Big", she'll get what I mean in a snap. No need for excessive explanations. That's the beauty of it.

On the other hand, films also have the dangerous ability to instill solid illusion into naive hopefuls. I bet we all have had those hardcore 'Disney' phases. Bottomline: Thinking caps should be made a basic requirement for all movie goers.

So... just what does happen when all of your dreams come true?

"Happy is what happens when all your dreams come true." - Wicked
(I'm watching this musical at the Pantages on my birthday! Yay! *excited*)

Well, true.. but not entirely. So, we pump our fists into the air, sing our hearts out, spread the love.. and then what? I say, this is my dream. Wow. I defy gravity, my feet depart the ground. I am airborne for two seconds. Then, what?

I realized that living the dream actually requires just that. Living it. Wow, was I deceived. Movies never show that side of it, do they? Struggle. I must say, I have discovered a certain love for this word. Struggle. My entire life is enveloped by it. Instead of fighting it, complaining and whining about it. I decided to embrace it. Then, it shows its beauty. Without struggle, there can be no meaning. Enjoy it, Sab. There's no other way around it.

So I guess the more appropriate way of saying it would be, "... and they struggled to live happily ever after." :)

** I'm so excited for the newest seasons of One Tree Hill, Heroes and Gossip Girl. Malapit naaaa!!! :)