Tonight we saw a movie and it was interesting in that it wasn't completely predictable and just when you thought it would turn one way, it took a turn in an unexpected direction. And just as you thought something terrible was going to happen, well, terrible-ish things did happen but not too terrible and they were just enough to jolt the main characters back to a sense of reality. Back to a place where they were living in the present and not in some dreamland.
I wonder how often I'm living in a dream land... whether it's just being on automatic pilot at my job, or just going through the motions at home (dinner, t.v., read the news, call a friend, read a book, get up and start again..), or just not being completely present in a given moment. Sometimes I think I could use a good jolt to get me seeing and appreciating the small things again. I've noticed I'm much more aware when I'm on vacation (see londonrocks.blogspot.com), away from my home. But how can I get that "surfacing" feeling (Annie Dillard) more often in my daily life? I need to work on that more.
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