Drop Dead Fred.
If you've ever done any sort of therapy...then you may recall this obscure movie released in 1991. Drop Dead Fred is chock full of any therapease you've ever experienced, but it plays out in a child-like story that makes some of those principles a bit more palatable to those that have a hard time visualizing some of the concepts...or applying them to their lives.
I remember when I first saw the movie, I was struck by the physical comedy and amusement of Rik Mayall. He was brutal, cruel and wickedly amusing and then impossibly tender. I remember wishing I had an invisible friend as a child, and relating to the main character in ways that made me nearly uncomfortable. The lessons of the movie come together in an almost unforgivably campy ending...but its one of the corniest movies I'll ever love. People trash it, but this movie works for me in some weird way.
Let's face it, for all my supposed wit, there is a child in me that loves to laugh at the simplest things, I like her. And healing? I like even more.
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*whispers to friend* I'm sorry; it's just an expression ... I didn't mean it ....
Oh, Lord, I just cry laughing everytime. Another one of those timeless movies my sister and I can watch over and over again.
And do NOT call them imaginary. They get especially moody when you do that.
happy sunday sis! did you get to meditate today?
Not yet. You know, I was chatting with a friend last evening and I am finding that I tend to be able to "unplug" better in the evening. So I've been doing it at night as opposed to first thing in the morning. Something about evening, the dark, the quiet and the white candles, seem to coax me into a more meditative state. I don't have to "wrestle" myself into compliance. LMAO. I did last night, then closed with some prayers and woke up feeling surprisingly at ease and peaceful - even AS my mind still chomps fast forward through a million independent thoughts.
Don't know why it's taken me so long to come to this point...
yanno, i never saw this movie, but i remember when it came out. i think i wanted to see it.
or i could be thinking about an entirely different movie altogether. good grief, i'm in rare form today.
i should start meditating. add it to my list of things to try to work into my evenings.
I was JUST talking about this movie! It always makes me happy to hear that other people have heard (and love) old movies that hold a special place in my heart. You described it perfectly.
I'm Carolline, by the way. I've noticed that you're also friends with Anna, Melissa and Jason. Aren't they the best people?