Personal movies

 

Without an imagination my life would be unbearable.

I've weeded out most of the unsavory characters in my life. If you live long enough that only makes sense. It takes a lot of energy to do the important things, so why keep up with the unimportant ones?

I have no regrets except that maybe I never met the one true love this time around. I say that believing there is one, but not sure if I believe there will be more times around.

Thank goodness for books. They provide those vicarious experiences I crave but do not have. How do people survive without books in their lives?

Now, of course, they have television and movies to give even more realism to those fantasies that once only danced in their heads. 

But books and movies aside, my mind and my imagination enhance my life immensely. They are the spice that makes dull days and tedious hours bearable. When it is too dark to read and the power is off, my mind goes to work double time. Creating dreams and nightmares where I feel I have no control and day dreams where I am everything.

I sometimes wonder if other creatures have imaginations. I know some people seem to lack the ability to use theirs for enjoyment, but all people have access to a realm that exists only in their head. Mistaking it for reality can be the source of their downfall, but grabbing hold of the reins and using it to experience all those things they are dying to have can be extraordinary.