"The reason for throwing a blade is to make it stick, yet the best way to make the blade stick is to have no desire to achieve a good hit, so in effect, the reason for throwing a blade is in fact not to make it stick, however the best indication that you are employing the principles correctly is that you can actually make it strike well, and often. This paradox reflects the Zen outlook on life, to act without desires, do something without doing it."
One of the most beautiful songs I have seen and heard written in a long time. I love the emotion she put into this song when she sung it here in this recording. At one point you see her wipe a tear from her eye. The lyrics are just wonderful and very sad.
I was sitting in front of the PC today thinking to myself on how much
do we really make the effort to contact our friends and family. I will
prolly sound like the biggest hypocrite here, however I'm totally
pissed off at the lack of contacting that goes on with my family and
friends. I mean are we wrapped up in our lives so much just to say hi,
or how are you? Do we have to live under each other noses in order to
care? I for one am not brilliant at keeping up with my Auntie and my
Cousins, but I think I make a valid attempt in contacting my mother,
sister and best buds on a regular basis. There are periods when I
become engrossed in addictive games where I might go MIA for a while.
That is what I am trying to work on.
It shouldn't be an, "effort" to care about your nearest and dearest.
What if we dropped dead tomorrow? Which is a high probability! I wasn't
able to afford to contact my mother and sister for a while, and what do
you know, they didn't really contact me in the interim. :(
Now you might be sitting there thinking that I have expectations, which
is prolly true. I usually shrug it off and am unconditional. But today
it just pissed me off to no end. I was thinking, *wait a minute, am I the only one contacting all my nearest and dearest when I can, (bar a couple
of buds) and they don't really contact me? Do they care? Am I being
taken for granted? Are we taking each other for granted?*
My family only really get together upon a funeral or wedding. My whole
family that is. My mother and sister meet a lot and call each other
regularly...its the Aunties and Uncles that don't bother!
I dunno
Shrugs. Grrr!
We get so wrapped up in our own precious lives, that someone dies and we feel terrible that we didn't contact said relative or friend. Make the effort ppl! I know I am going to try.
Moreover, maybe there is some bitterness that is stopping you from contacting someone?! Are we so stubborn and not forgiving as humans that we can't put it passed us until that person has left this world? Nothing like that relates to me, I am just philosophizing.
Watch this space. Big things for this girl. You wait. :P
I love this song too. I adore her voice. Sure she's a talent show winner. But, I hope she becomes the next great ballad singer. >< Whitney will always be my hero, however, I'm waiting for the next great singer in the next generation. :)
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