"Movies lied to me about what life would really be like."

A few weeks back I was in a store and I came across a Post Secret book- book composed of anonymous contributions of secrets. I didn't really feel like reading it, but I was with this girl and she was being a bore. I started flipping through and I came across this one post. It had clips from saved by the bell, and other shows, and the inscription read " Movies lied to me about what life would really be like." I thought that was one of the best posts I have ever read, because it's so true. Life is nothing like the movies, and so many people try to live theirs like that.

I was thinking about the quote last night as I was watching That 70's Show. I was looking at all the characters, and saying to myself "None of them really look like high school teens"( maybe Eric and Jackie do). It's crazy, because we have so many different generations looking at T.V shows, movies( our biggest now being Twilight) and desperately wanting that life ( or the guys in the movies, who really just don't exist). It also doesn't help to have TV shows like Laguna beach or The Hills, which portray teens living that Hollywood lifestyle, which is not realistic for most teens.

We really need to snap back to reality. I was told once by a professor that the best movies to watch are french movies. The reasoning may have been biased because this dude(I felt) desperately wanted to be French. But at the same time I can understand this reasoning. French movies are real. They don't deviate from what really could happen. They tell it like it is. That's what a lot of us need. We need to remember that we are actually living life, we aren't in a movie, and the things we do in our daily lives can't be rewritten in the script.

Staying grounded definitely is hard, with youtube, and American Idol even blogging. People feel it is easier to no attain the movie stardom.

We need to remember that life is hard, and most times we don't get a second chance. Having this instilled in our brains, may even help us to become better persons; more honest, more diligent, more generous. So next time you see that bum, give a little change, you can spare it.