Morgalicious

I just watched about four hours of desperate housewives. I know that doesn't sound very productive, but I do my best reflective thinking during and after a good episode. I tend to get addicted to all sorts of tv shows (grey's anatomy, the o.c., dawson's creek, desperate housewives). I started to ask myself why this happens. What is so appealing about these fictional characters and the lives that they lead? Nothing ever works out anyway. You know what I decided, though? Even though their lives are ever-changing, unpredictable, and sometimes hopeless, the way that the lives of the characters intertwine always touches me. These people love each other, despite all of the crazy things that happen to them. I find myself envying them. I want the kind of love that I see on the screen. That's when I realized that I have it. It's just so much harder to recognize when it is your own life. If I could watch my life through a tv screen, not only would I be disturbed by some of the things I've seen. But even more so, I would be so deeply touched by the love that has come in and out of my life. I'm reflecting on all of the happiest moments of my life. Do you know what they all have in common? They were filled with some kind of love. Giving it to a friend, witnessing it between others, feeling it from God, and even experiencing it for the first time. People have tried to define love since the beginning of time, and I think it is really simple. Love is God's gift to us. When we experience love, we are allowed just a small glimpse of Him. A concept as wonderful as love can be considered no less than divine. That is why I cannot get enough of it. I thrive off of fictional shows because of the love that radiates from the tv screen.