I have never had such intense thoughts about my personal life as I have had recently, the details of which should matter not for the purposes of this blog. As I "drained my brain" searching for the wisest answers and attitudes, all I could find were more and more questions. In the midst of so much back and forth of thoughts - strongly influenced by feelings - in my mind, I would frequently run into a piece of thought like the one by Charles Chaplin I posted below or listen to songs that literally could speak for me, about me, and to me. One of these most intense songs is the main idea of this post, and I will share it below.
Before, I would like to reflect upon the questions that drove me to write this.
I find it simply incredible how we can find so many things written out there that literally and absolutely reflect upon ourselves. Have you ever tried, for example, to make a selection of songs that can speak for you, to you, and/or about you? You will be amazed at how many you can find out there. Of course, each in its own little way, reflecting a moment here, dream there... a thought here, a feeling there... a memory here, a wish there... If you got some time, tr it... you will be amazed, you will see!...
But then... Why do things that other people have said and/or written fit so perfectly into our thoughts and lives? Would it be because human beings go through similar experiences? Feelings? I believe so not so much for the similarity of experiences, but mostly due to the fact that the most intense Thoughts are certainly driven by the most intense Feelings, which can derive from a variety of experiences in each person. As a result, the core would be at the intensity and truthfulness of the Feelings one has been fortunate to experiment. As a result, a combination of these intense experiences reflected into one's thoughts through his/her feelings is what makes us identify so much with thoughts and words expressed by others who often times we have no clue about.
And it does not matter the background. Compare Charles Chaplin's piece of thought from this blog's first post, for example, with Albert Einstein's that follows. They certainly reflect different experiences, but they are both just as intense, at least to me:
"The World As I See It
(Extracted from an essay by Albert Einstein)
How strange is the lot of us mortals! Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he sometimes thinks he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people -- first of all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness is wholly dependent, and then for the many, unknown to us, to whose destinies we are bound by the ties of sympathy. A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and I am still receiving..."
Another question I have come up with to myself is whether or not we get to live the same things again? From my personal experiences I would certainly argue we do Not! We may get to live similar moments, meet similar people, have similar plans, share similar dreams, enjoy similar places, But it is Never the same! Each of our experiences is unique. Each person we interact with is irreplaceable. Each feeling we have has its own level of intensity... It all could be similar, but, again, never the same!
And it is while considering similar versus the same that I have listened to the song below so many times and read its lyrics just as many. It reflects who I am and in special what I am currently experiencing in my unique and "same" perspective. It may also be worth listening to its acoustic version, and, even better, watching it.
Enough "yata yata"... here it goes:
"I am a one way motorway
I'm the one that drives away
Then follows you back home
I am a street light shining
I'm a wild light blinding bright
Burning off alone
It's times like these you learn to live again
It's times like these you give and give again
It's times like these you learn to love again
It's times like these time and time again
I am a new day rising
I'm a brand new sky
To hang the stars upon tonight
I am a little divided
Do I stay or Run Away
And Leave it All Behind?
...It's times like these..."
In conclusion, Having Lived "it", I will Always do my very best and strive to Learn, Give, Live, and Love the Same, Time and Time Again... I will Always Avoid the Similar, at least until my Feelings [not my Mind, My Feelings!] are convinced that the Same will never be a reciprocal option...
D~
01:31am, 10/06/2008
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