I am stranded and stuck in a country that I had no plan to be in. I’m in Copenhagen. Dutch culture is FASCINATING (and tall) and I really wish I studied it more because it’d be interesting but as it stands, I’m a calc student being given a pop biology exam. I’m supposed to be in amsterdam. I wish I was fascinated sooner because….holy crap I didn’t realize how ignorant I was of everything until my feet were on that ground.
But you know what? This is the opposite of a loss. The universe can take away my most romantic relationship, even rob me of the specialness of my height, but it can’t rob me of me unless I agree.
So I know how this sounds, but that’s the fun of life.
Enjoying yourself. Literally. Making yourself such a rich character that even when you’re left with less than what you hoped, you’re able to reflect and be proud on what that character brings back. And if I can survive a german mineral bath house, I can survive copenhagen even with a shameful amount of prep let’s go.
I’m not trying to make it sound like all I do is win, or am forever happy and amazing.
Just reality; this is a situation and place most great people would kill for for good reason.
Me too. . . . If I did the research.
So, so what if my expectations worked out a little differently?
The point is how things actually work out. Not how I want them to, and the difference.
If I feel like being in amsterdamn is a 10, and being in copenhagen is a 9, should I feel at a -1?
That’s dumb.
Anyway I sorry I had a coppenbeer and then opened this because I wanted to share my favorite – absolute favorite moment from From Dust Till Dawn again. I don’t know exactly why it feels super significant, but I don’t actually care. The point is feelings are fuel – not the penultimate rubric. And when there’s a clear understanding of that difference, when a person understands that the biggest loser on earth is the biggest winner who becomes their own biggest enemy at appreciating their own biggest success…..well next steps become clearer. I’d hope everyone can tread ’em.
Anyway, one of the objectively greatest bits that every modern jackass would be better off for watching after thinking about why they’re cheering for the character that they’re cheering for:
https://youtu.be/U12bWXqxgXM
Eric is the Best 