You don't push the ground to learn to fly, you take a deep breath and kiss the sky.
The Habit: creating a problem without realizing I’m to blame.
The Present Moment: waking up one day realizing I’m in the eye of the storm.
Next Step: slowdown. Prioritize.
This could be Peter Pan syndrome, this could be the realization of adulthood and responsibility. For me, this is all making sense right now. This has been fought and now it’s known.
When I walk in your shoes I can’t help ya if you won’t help yourself You’ve got a degree a in philosophy I can’t help ya if you won’t help yourself You might be twenty-five but in my mind
I understand a man confused
There must have been but I don’t care
I feel the way your soul does there
Darling they empathise
Looking through your bloodshot eyes
And I know you you’re so frustrated
Above we all become what we once hated
Be slight nobody can be that wise
I can’t help ya if you don’t help yourself
You can only get so much from someone yeah
You can get so much from me
I can’t help ya if you won’t help yourself
So you think you’re cleverer than me
But I’m not just some drama queen
Cos it’s where you’re at not where you’ve been
So what do you expect from me
To hold your head above the sea
And there are you even though you’re bigger
Cos don’t you know you crush my tiny figure
And anyway we’re still so young
And this isn’t yet the day
I can’t help ya if you don’t help yourself
You can only get so much from someone yeah
I can’t help ya if you won’t help yourself
I see you at sixteen years or most of the time
And I’m just a child and you’re full grown
And no I’m nothing like I’ve ever known yeah
I’m nothing like I’ve ever known
— Amy Winehouse - “Help Yourself”
Do you know what it is to love? It is to give completely your mind, your heart, your whole being and not ask a thing in return, not put out a begging bowl to receive love.
— Krishnamurti
I don’t know if on your walks you have noticed a long, narrow pool beside the river. Some fishermen must have dug it, and it is not connected with the river. The river is flowing steadily, deep and wide, but this pool is heavy with scum because it is not connected with the life of the river, and…
Just finished this film and it made me cry. Captivating story. Beautifully directed. And the acting was on point. Had I known this was first a novel I would have read it first.
House of Sand and Fog (2003) - Directed by Vadim Perelman
