"What book are you reading?"
"The Lucky One"
"What's it about?"
"It's about this Marine who finds a picture of a girl, and that picture saves him from dying several times. When he comes back from Iraq, he decides to look for her...."
"That sounds cheesy."
The average person would have probably had the same response and even I'm not disagreeing. After all it is a Nicholas Sparks classic.
What I found interesting about this conversation is that it helped confirm some thoughts I've been contemplating for some time now. Things that are cheesy or cliché are often paralleled with the words unrealistic or fake. Crazy. Dramatic. Pathetic. A waste of time.
And yet, people can't resist a little cheesiness every now and then. There is something about it. Even if it is overused or trying too hard. It has an intriguing element to it. It elicits the human's subconscious desires. The idea of it being impossible, almost makes us wish that it wasn't, especially if it's told in the right manner. (*cough cough Nicholas Sparks).
If you ask me, I think everyone ought to have a little cheesiness from time to time. Like laughter, I think it is good for the soul. So this post is to treating yourself to something cliché if you haven't in a while!
(In other words, I recommend reading The Lucky One /click on the link above).
