Life in 3D

My grandkids were off school today, so I ducked out of work for a couple of hours and took them to Wreck-It Ralph in 3D.  They are 4 and 11 and great fun.  I hadn't been to a 3D movie in years and years.  First off the glasses were much nicer than I remember - more like ugly sunglasses than the flimsy  paper ones I last used.  Then the effects were actually fun.  I often lost tract of the plot of the movie as I watched the effects.

I wonder how often that happens in every day life.  We lose track of the plot - or meaning - of our lives as we get lost in the dazzling special effects.  Warm family relationships are plot.  A big house is effect.  I don't want to get lost in the 3D of life and miss life.