Tag Archive | Day Dreaming

Friday Favorites – Romantic Movies

Jan17

As I was considering what to use for this week’s Friday Favorites, a grandchild asked what our favorite movies were.

Before I could answer, my husband named off a few of mine.

Jumped right in there and named MY movies.

He was pretty correct.

I did realize that some of my top choices had a bit of romance; thus, this week’s topic.

I refreshed my memory with a few online lists and admittedly, was unfamiliar with or just didn’t like what I was seeing.

So this list, although partial; is mine.

Peruse this list; if you click the dark pink links you can watch any trailer you like.

Feel free to add some of yours in the comment section;

I’d really love to know.

The obscure;

Ladyhawke

Epic Romance Films;

Dr. Zhivago

The one that he named!

Titanic

Typical fare;

Dirty Dancing

The Notebook

The unexpected;

The Lord of the Rings; with all of its romances inside!

My all time favorite movies ever!

Aragorn and Arwyn

Sam and Rosie

Eowyn and Farimir

Gollum and his Precious

And of course, no romantic movie listing would be complete with out Julia Roberts!

Pretty Woman

My Best Friends Wedding

Notting Hill

An Officer and a Gentleman

There you have it.

My list is complete.

Which titles would you like to add?

Until next time …

Time to Dream

Aug5

I was reading an article about the proven benefits of daydreaming.

It shares this fun little chart;

The Scientifically Proven Benefits of Daydreaming
https://www.bachelorsdegreeonline.com/blog/2012/the-scientifically-proven-benefits-of-daydreaming/

Like many, I was often in trouble with teachers in my youth, for wasting my time being a day dreamer.

  • From promoting creativity
  • To problem solving
  • To increasing your IQ
  • To lowering the blood pressure

Turns out day dreaming can be quite a good way to spend your time!

If you have visited this blog in the past, you will find that am quite fond of cloud watching.

It is my favorite way to “Day dream” if you will.

There are many ways to “use” that day dream time; or “Quietude” as I like to call it.

The article mentions ““good daydreaming,” as in, when the mind is exploring imagination or creativity. “Bad daydreaming,” like focusing on a negative comment”.

One is helpful, the other not.

I enjoy reading a bit of scripture, (good daydreaming) and then using that time to consider what I’ve read.

Example;

TLB (The Living Bible) In this act we see what real love is: it is not our love for God but his love for us when he sent his Son to satisfy God’s anger against our sins.

  • What does it say?
  • What does it mean?
    • How much does God love me?
    • How does this make me feel?
  • There may be more questions.
  • Or there may simply be a space of calm and quiet.

Sometimes absolute silence is in order.

Other times call for a little quiet music.

Music without words could be less distracting.

Sometimes staring out the window.

Sometimes a little video will help the process.

Join me if you will, for just a moment of quiet reflection,

a little daydreaming session.

The world we live in will not give us a quiet place to be.
Sometimes we must find that place for ourselves.
A place to rest our soul, our body and our spirit.

I hope you were able to enjoy a few minutes of “Quietude” with me.

Hope to see you again the next time around.