Surprises

I was watching the movie A Lot Like Love today. There is a part in the movie where the main girl Emily finds a roll of old film that needs to be developed. It was a roll that she had forgotten about and had some really old photos on it. I remember the time before digital cameras when you had to wait until you took all 24 pictures to develop the film. I often times didn't take all 24 pictures at one time so by the time I would finish the roll and develop it the pictures would be a surprise. I feel that that doesn't happen as much because a lot of things are instant now. You can take a picture and instantly see it and if you don't like it you can delete it. You can send a letter to a friend via email and you don't have to wait 3 plus days to get a response back like you would with "snail mail". I do think that these things are good inventions but I also miss the surprises. I rarely ever get letter through the mail anymore, and I miss that sometimes. Granted I don't send letters via the mail much either and maybe if I did I would get letters back. But my point is that I miss surprises. Whether it is finding a roll of film to develop, getting flowers just because, or even just having someone stop by to say hi without telling you before hand. These may seem like simple things but I feel like they are sometimes hard to do, which makes them even that much more special.

I am the time a person that loves to have things planned, even if i sometimes thing I am a go with the flow type of person. I feel like that takes away some of the surprise when everything is planned. But living day to day like I am trying to do is harder than you might think, but something I am really trying to do. I am often surprised at the things I see and do when I slow down and don't plan everything. But at the same time if we had too many surprises in life they wouldn't be surprises. There is a place for emails, and snail mail, and for digital and the old rolls of 35 mm film. I guess my point is not to plan so much and be so closed off so that you miss the little surprises either in nature or ones that you find or that people give you.