Trapped?

     The movie "Birdman" uses a cinematography technique which gives the effect of being shot in one continuous take so that the audience lives through the main character and his mind.  This movie illustrates as the director stated, "We are trapped in our own reality."
     We use all our own senses to inform our brain about ourselves, other people, and our environment.  Our experiences and psychological make-up create memories, analyze the present, and form our opinions.  This guides our thinking, actions, and reactions.  We want to have our needs met, yet don't want to appear too self-centered.  We have a need to be loved and learn the advantages of loving others.  We want to be understood and try to understand others.  Our own self interests, however, are naturally uppermost in our mind.  We cannot escape; we all are trapped in our own reality.
     We can consciously try to aim our focus away from ourselves and toward other people.  By broadening our perspective, we may come to realize that each individual is just one person among billions who are living, dead, or yet to be born.  We are trapped in our own body, our own generation, and our own circumstances.  In soap opera lingo, as the world turns, we have one life to live and need to search for tomorrow.  We can leave our own reality temporarily through books, movies, TV shows and observing the people around us.  We need to realize, however, we can only live our own life and should make our trap as meaningful as possible.