Appearances

You know what my favorite part of every story is? The long awaited moment when everyone comes clean. Someone in the story, someone you've grown a connection to to, finally lets go, stops trying to be 'strong', and drops the act. It's the time when they realize that now that they aren't holding a curtain in front of themselves, everything they want has the chance of happening. We all begin the tale knowing that lies will come, and throughout it we urge the character to stop pretending. When the desired moment comes, relief floods through us, the knowledge that though life will always go on, the present struggle has ended. Things can finally begin to flow as we know in the very depths of our hearts in the direction they should.

The thing is, most of us get comfortable with our lies. That's why it's kids movies that have the life lessons in them. The peace and relief and sense of victory inspired in young hearts by the truth is substituted in adult entertainment with a murderer being caught, the monster being slain, and the couple so obviously destined for each other sharing true loves kiss. What authors and actors do to catch our attention... Because our lives are easier than the truth we are taught as children, back in the day when things like friendship and patience and trust were the lessons shared, not stress-relief and how to be politically correct. We are stopped being taught how to be human beings, and begin our education on how to be an adult, where everything is for show and certain appearances must be kept...