@Jake Hill I loved the movies too ...and the metaphor works very well for life... unless you take it too far

@Jake Hill maybe it's better to say lean to far to one side or the other with the metaphor in the song. this song has been a favorite of mine since I was really young and when I was in high school I got bullied a lot. I reached the breaking point one day and the song happened to come on the radio and I decided the only thing to do was run away from the problem... I moved in with my mom. And that started a whole pattern for like the next 20+ years of constantly walking away or running. it took a lot for me to break the pattern of always walking way or running... I still make that mistake at times.

just done with this week

@Jake Hill ya, I've been barely hanging on... I can't complain too loudly since it's been rough waters of my own making 😅

on the nights when I've had trouble sleeping, I've done box breathing exercises and it doesn't take long to relax and fall asleep... and on those night, I actually sleep better than usual

@Jake Hill definitely makes sense!

well... now I have to go back and watch Star Wars all over again and maybe I will understand Tao a tiny bit

@Jake Hill I've watched them all... but I was watching the story... now I'll watch them from a different perspective

didn't watch the video... but I've had rituals that greatly helped me get things moving in the mornings. before we moved recently it was taking care of the chickens, then breakfast, and then meditation... I haven't gotten back into rituals since the move, but I have started just sitting outside for a few minutes in the morning now that I don't have the chickens to take care of any more.

@Jake Hill thank you 😁 I'm the odd one... I'd prefer to read the essay than watch the video... real conversations are okay too... I just don't like dealing with videos because people just have too much to say and it's a one sided conversation that I wasn't invited to.