Thrills, Spills and Other Adventures

"There is no terror in the bang - only in the anticipation of it"... Alfred Hitchcock

I really enjoy a good thriller - not so much the bloody horror stuff, but the real thriller...

Double Jeopardy

Kiss the Girls

Along Came a Spider

Red Eye

The Forgotten

Seven

Rear Window

Psycho

The Prestige

Fracture

The Departed

The Green Mile

Sixth Sense

The Village

Unbreakable

Fight Club

The Matrix

X-Men

Secret Window

The Game

Presumed Innocent

Needful Things

Body Double

Don't Say a Word

Hide and Seek

Sleeping With the Enemy

Enough

Twisted

Collateral

Flight Plan

Taking Lives

Richchet

The Recruit

The Hunted

The Hitcher (ok, almost over the top on that one)...

and so many more....

I love the intensity and the not knowing.... the twistier the better - not so much scenes like the one in Man On Fire where Denzel Washington cuts off the guys fingers or where he blows the other guy up - it was the suspense and shock leading up... I love movies that keep you on the edge of your seat - sure I am exhausted afterwards, but it is a real adrenaline rush, and the feeling of being so alive and so on edge and completely alert and attentive...

and it got me to thinking...

Just as much as I enjoy those thrills and shocks, I find that in my life, the fears and worries are much more damaging and exhausting than the actual events and outcomes. Same with anticipation of wanting and waiting to see an outcome... once it arrives, the suspense is gone. I enjoy the adventure of it more than the desitination, but I also feel the compressing, life-sapping exhaustion of the worries and fears sometimes, too....

How can I maximize my enjoyment of the adventure and the positive energy of that side of life, and minimize my worry of the negative things that I have worried about... What a difference it could make to focus and harness the positive energy and not give time, thought or effort to the negative. Sometimes hard to do in our current circumstances, but hey, I am gonna give it a run for the money...

Journeying on, and launching into my next adventure, and loving it!

J/