Today is a cozy, rainy Sunday on Cape Cod which means only one thing – movies! My husband and I just got back from seeing The Change-Up. It was hilariously funny with an obvious underlying message. Two best friends switch lives, but not bodies, for a week. One is a lawyer and one is an actor, so their lifestyles are on opposite ends of the spectrum, creating the humor.
As both characters slowly get what they need from each other’s lifestyle to make changes in themselves, it got me thinking toward the end. Maybe it’s good to spend a little meditation time imagining ourselves in someone else’s life. It would, as it did in the movie, highlight the things and people in our everyday lives that we’d have to give up to be someone else. Maybe your favorite chair and the view out your front window are suddenly something you might not want to part with. Maybe the love you get and get to give the people in your family seems a bit more precious if suddenly they didn’t know you anymore.
The movie had us laughing out loud, but it also had us leaving holding hands just a bit tighter. The Change-Up – yes, I do recommend it for a rainy Sunday afternoon.
And so, as another day goes by, dinner is next, followed by Red Sox/Yankees, and ….I have written.
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