Tommy, once again, you leave me speechless. It’s October, chronologically, and in the span of my life. Why do I need my life? Can we be wise enough to know the lesson of our life while still living our life, can we be aware in time for the experience and the lesson to be simultaneously present in the moment? I don’t know… but once again, you’re sharpened my ability to see, and if I’m lucky, to understand. Thank you.
Thanks for the insightful post. Was thinking similar thoughts, last night lying sleepless in a foreign country… do we need to drop ourselves into a different story to see our own more clearly?
For some reason what you wrote made me think of the Bob Dylan line "when you're lost in the rain in Juarez and it's Easter time too". Maybe we do Andrea. Glad you found you're way to the post.
"There's no such thing as death, life is only a dream and we are an imagination of ourselves." Bill Hicks
Movie/dream we need love in it, most of all. I didn't know that when I knew everything. Luckily I forgot that I knew everything somewhere a long the line. Bil Hicks helped.
Beautiful! We are all the protagonists in our own movie. We might have the desire for the beginning, but most of us won’t understand the need until the end, alas.
I love that comment. He did and I'm glad your tuned into it. There's a lot in there, but that resonates with me the most. Not what I wrote, but what he said.
I loved reading this, Tommy, your honesty and truth shines brightly in every word. It is one of the gifts of life that with each hill we climb our perspective on the path we’ve travelled changes, and we see the hidden blessings in the worst of times, and the lessons in the best of times. Happy travelling!
What a perfectly articulated piece. I had recently come to the same conclusion as you state so eloquently: “I would say the reason we all need the movie is to learn how to give and receive love, and it is how successful we are at doing that, that makes it a comedy or a tragedy (though it’s always a mix of both).”
I always look forward to reading your pieces. They make me feel & think a lot...and that’s GOOD!
Tommy, I’ve thought about this question for the last few days. Why do I need my current movie? I’m going to let myself off the hook and say that’s an answer better come to in hindsight.
Yeah, I was strung out the whole time we were rolling and when I got clean, he was no longer the same... And still it was a beautiful fruitful thing...Life is a motherfucker, to the good and the bad.
Tommy, once again, you leave me speechless. It’s October, chronologically, and in the span of my life. Why do I need my life? Can we be wise enough to know the lesson of our life while still living our life, can we be aware in time for the experience and the lesson to be simultaneously present in the moment? I don’t know… but once again, you’re sharpened my ability to see, and if I’m lucky, to understand. Thank you.
Hey man, appreciate. Just trying to take what happened and see if wring some more juice out of it. But I'm glad you enjoyed drinking it JN
Some pieces are lemonade… this was dark roast. Still good.
After that, how can there be a Lesson #2?
Thanks for the insightful post. Was thinking similar thoughts, last night lying sleepless in a foreign country… do we need to drop ourselves into a different story to see our own more clearly?
For some reason what you wrote made me think of the Bob Dylan line "when you're lost in the rain in Juarez and it's Easter time too". Maybe we do Andrea. Glad you found you're way to the post.
Tommy this is beautiful and wise and so welcome. Thank you for pouring yourself onto the page. May Michael and your brother both rest in peace
Thank you Carlo. And I love the image of pouring yourself on the page. That's the job desription.
Speechless.
We're in it together sister
Oh my, Sir Tommy
Whoosh
Maximum impact, dear one!
It would crush the big screen. . . ?!
You make me smile GAVH
Great Tommy
Thank brother
...thank you
Thank you Chen
"There's no such thing as death, life is only a dream and we are an imagination of ourselves." Bill Hicks
Movie/dream we need love in it, most of all. I didn't know that when I knew everything. Luckily I forgot that I knew everything somewhere a long the line. Bil Hicks helped.
I'm with you, and wandering through it next to you.
Beautiful! We are all the protagonists in our own movie. We might have the desire for the beginning, but most of us won’t understand the need until the end, alas.
Yes, we are. The protagonist and if we are lucky, the director as well.
That's it!!! Your brother did get there...the there we want to inhabit and live from. Thank you.
I love that comment. He did and I'm glad your tuned into it. There's a lot in there, but that resonates with me the most. Not what I wrote, but what he said.
I loved reading this, Tommy, your honesty and truth shines brightly in every word. It is one of the gifts of life that with each hill we climb our perspective on the path we’ve travelled changes, and we see the hidden blessings in the worst of times, and the lessons in the best of times. Happy travelling!
Thank you Josie. Glad you felt it and me and yourself. Happy traveling to you as well.
What a perfectly articulated piece. I had recently come to the same conclusion as you state so eloquently: “I would say the reason we all need the movie is to learn how to give and receive love, and it is how successful we are at doing that, that makes it a comedy or a tragedy (though it’s always a mix of both).”
I always look forward to reading your pieces. They make me feel & think a lot...and that’s GOOD!
And good can be good, real good. I even occasionally find thinking and feeling bearable. I'm with you Pattie Lee.
Tommy, I’ve thought about this question for the last few days. Why do I need my current movie? I’m going to let myself off the hook and say that’s an answer better come to in hindsight.
You got time as you roll. That's nice.
I like Michael. Its always hard to lose a GOOD One that fills multiple roles in Your life.
Yeah, I was strung out the whole time we were rolling and when I got clean, he was no longer the same... And still it was a beautiful fruitful thing...Life is a motherfucker, to the good and the bad.
“How to give and receive love.” The story of our lives. Insightful, beautiful.
Thanks Shaista. You always get right to the guts of the matter. The dance team of love and hope or the pain of their absence.