Wise words today for anyone who is in an unhealthy relationship. You can change the pronouns so that this passage will work equally well to inspire you if you are a guy (read as written) or a girl (replace 'she' with 'he')
So here is the wisdom, I transcribed from the DVD "The Holiday."
Miles: "Why am I attracted to a person I know isn't good?"
Iris: "I happen to know the answer to this. Because you're hoping you're wrong and every time she does something that tells you she's no good you ignore it. And every time she comes through and surprises you, she wins you over, and you lose the argument with yourself that she's not for you."
Miles: "Exactly. And on top of that, there's the old standby - I can't believe a girl like that would actually be with a guy like me."
I think I just need to remember that I have had great joy. I should treasure those memories and the happiness that I did feel before this heartache and heartbreak.
"My friends, as you can see, the chaos of the world had an underlying order. When the ancients discovered PHI, they were certain they had stumbled across God’s building block for the world, and they worshipped Nature because of that. And one can understand why. God’s hand is evident in Nature, and even to this day there exist pagan, Mother Earth—revering religions. Many of us celebrate nature the way pagans did, and don’t even know it. May Day is a perfect example, the celebration of spring …the earth coming back to life to produce her bounty. The mysterious magic inherent in Divine Proportion was written at the beginning of time. Man is simply playing by Nature’s rules, and because art is man’s attempt to imitate the beauty of the Creator’s hand, you can imagine we might be seeing a lot of instances of the divine Proportion in art this semester."
- Dan Brown. The DaVinci Code. DoubleDay: New York, 2003. pg 95-96
"Children prefer concrete images because they have not yet learned the language of abstraction. When they do they will have lost a powerful human response-code for describing and making sense of their world, unless they keep it alive through story."
- Joseph Gold. Read For Your Life: Literature as a Life Support System. Fitzhenry and Whiteside: Markham, 1990. pg 162
Guru of Gangstarr is in the hospital. He suffered a heart attack earlier this week and underwent surgery. Apparently he is doing okay, which is great to hear.
I thought it fitting today to play one of the best rap songs ever. It's from his group, Gangstarr. Enjoy!
"No matter what we face
We must face the moment of truth baby
They say it's lonely at the top,
in whatever you do
You always gotta watch motherf*ckers around you
Nobody's invincible, no plan is foolproof
We all must meet our moment of truth
Verse one
The same sheisty cats that you hang with, and do your thang with
Could set you up and wet you up, nigga peep the language
It's universal, you play with fire it may hurt you
Or burn you, lessons are blessings you should learn through
Let's face facts, although mc's lace tracks
It doesn't mean behind the scenes there ain't no dirt to trace back
That goes for all of us, there ain't nobody to trust
It's like sabotage, it's got me ready to bust
But I can't jeapordize, what I have done up to this point
So I'ma get more guys, to help me run the whole joint
Cultivate, multiply, motivate, or else we'll die
You know I be the master of the who, what,where, and why
See when you're shining, some chumps'll wanna dull ya
Always selfish jealous punks, will wanna pull ya
Down, just like some shellfish in a bucket
Cause they love it, to see your ass squirm like a worm
But just as you'll receive what is coming to you
Everybody else is gonna get theirs too
I ain't no saint, therefore I cannot dispute
That everyone must meet their moment of truth
Actions have reactions, don't be quick to judge
You may not know the hardships people don't speak of
It's best to step back, and observe with couth
For we all must meet our moment of truth
Verse two
Sometimes you gotta dig deep, when problems come near
Don't fear things get severe for everybody everywhere
Why do bad things happen, to good people?
Seems that life is just a constant war between good and evil
The situation that I'm facing, is mad amazing
To think such problems can arise from minor confrontations
Now I'm contemplating in my bedroom pacing
Dark clouds over my head, my heart's racing
Suicide? nah, I'm not a foolish guy
Don't even feel like drinking, or even getting high
Cause all that's gonna do really, is accelerate
The anxieties that I wish I could alleviate
But wait, I've been through a whole lot of other sh*t, before
So I oughta be able, to withstand some more
But I'm sweating though, my eyes are turning red and yo
I'm ready to lose my mind but instead I use my mind
I put down the knife, and take the bullets out my nine
My only crime, was that I'm too damn kind
And now some skanless motherf*ckers wanna take what's mine
But they can't take the respect, that I've earned in my lifetime
And you know they'll never stop the furious force of my rhymes
So like they say, every dog has it's day
And like they say, God works in a mysterious way
So I pray, remembering the days of my youth
As I prepare to meet my moment of truth
(you should know the truth
and the truth shall set you free)
Verse three
Yo I got one lyric pointed at your head for start
Another one, is pointed at your weak ass heart
Now if I pull the trigger, on these fully loaded lines
You're gonna wish I woulda pulled a black nine, I mack dimes
Crack the spines of the fake gangsters
Yeah the biting trifling niggaz, and the studio pranksters
Yo lookin at the situation plainly: will you remain g?
Or will you be looked upon strangely?
I reign as the articulator, with the greater data
Revolving on the tascam much doper than my last jam
While others struggle to juggle, tricky metaphors
I explore more, to expose the core
A lot of emcees, act stupid to me
And we have yet to see, if they can match our longevity
But anyway it's just another day
Another fake jack I slay with my spectac' rap display
Styles, smooth but rugged -- you can't push or shove it
You dig it and you dug it cause like money you love it
The king of monotone, with my own throne
Righteously violent prone my words bring winds like cyclones
Storming your hideout, blocking out your sunlight
Your image and your business, were truly not done right
Throw up your he-allah-i now, divine saviors
You got no hand skills there's no security to save ya
No pager, no celly, no drop top benz-y
I came to bring your phony hip-hop, to an ending
My art of war will leave you sore from the abuse
Cause you must meet your moment of truth."
- Gangstarr title track from the "Moment of Truth" album
Fearless: "It's just one of those days where you just look at your life and you go, 'Is this my life? Is this all there's ever gonna be?' ... Look up, a couple hours later, bam! There's Vicki."
Joel: "It's like someone answered your question."
Fearless: "An answer, maybe not the answer. But for the first time in a long time, at least, I'm open to it. I don't know why... Ya know, I look at your life sometimes and think, 'That's how it's supposed to be. Get yourself a sweet wife, have a great kid.' Ya know, become a part of the whole chain of being."
Joel: "Yeah, chain of being. It's poetic."
Fearless: "I guess it ain't all poetry though, huh?"
- Boomtown, television series, Season 1: Episode 9 "Crash"
"Optimists are people who take the cold water thrown at them, heat it with enthusiasm, and use the steam to push ahead."
- Author unknown.
This is one of "443 Character Quotes and Words of Wisdom" from Deb Austin Brown's excellent book, Growing Character: 99 Successful Strategies for the Elementary Classroom.
Wise words today for anyone who is in an unhealthy relationship. You can change the pronouns so that this passage will work equally well to inspire you if you are a guy (read as written) or a girl (replace 'she' with 'he')
