I have been watching movies for as long as I can remember. For the billions who have watched movies since their teenage years, films have doubled up as a marvellous form of de-stressors.
There are movies that inspire us to do great things. There are movies that touched the core of our souls. There are movies that so easily draw the tears. These are the creations of great film makers who unwittingly or deliberately make us think positively, feel deeply and forgive easily.
We live this life now so that we can be better individuals. We like to think that we are capable of greater things in life. Indeed, we can but our fears and lack of self-confidence create obstacles to our own progress.
I have credited classic movies for providing the impetus for me to strive for things that I could otherwise have not attained. Hours spent in cinemas intermittently throughout my growing years and then later in adulthood have reaped long term benefits.
I am ever grateful to those great stories that have been portrayed so well by good actors and their screen lives and experiences have acted as engines of encouragement to me to emulate my imagined heroes.
Every body needs a hero. He who says he doesn't is probably lying to himself and probably doesn't know it. Films like It's A Wonderful Life and Life Is Beautiful have inspired me to follow life's paths that look so mundane in the past but they are ever so fruitful when treaded upon.
I really couldn't imagine what my life could have been, if not for those enjoyable and yet inspiring movies that have crossed paths with me.
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