When you’re little, night time is scary because there are monsters hiding right under the bed. When you get older, the monsters, are different… self doubt, loneliness, regret… and though you may be older and wiser, you still find yourself scared of the dark
Meredith: “I had a terrible day.” We say it all the time. A fight with the boss, the stomach flu, traffic… That’s what we describe as terrible when nothing terrible is happening…
…These are the things we beg for: a root canal, an IRS audit, coffee spilled on our clothes… When the really terrible things happen, we start begging a God we don’t believe in to bring back the little horrors and take away this… It seems quaint now, doesn’t it?
The flood in the kitchen, the poison oak, the fight that leaves you shaking with rage… Would it have helped if we could see what else was coming? Would we have known that those were the best moments of our lives?
I was wondering maybe
Could I make you my baby
If we do the unthinkable would it make us look crazy
If you ask me I’m ready (Echo: I’m ready, I’m ready)
If you ask me I’m ready (Echo: I’m ready, I’m ready)
Meredith: The way we cling to what things were instead of letting things be what they are. The way we cling to old memories instead of forming new ones. The way we insist on believing despite every scientific indication that anything in this lifetime is permanent. Change is constant. How we experience change that’s up to us. It can feel like death or it can feel like a second chance at life. If we open our fingers, loosen our grips, go with it, it can feel like pure adrenaline. Like at any moment we can have another chance at life. Like at any moment, we can be born all over again.
Meredith: Sometimes it happens in an instance. We step up, we see a path forward. We see a path and we take it. Even when we have no idea where we’re going.
Meredith: No matter how high the stakes, sooner or later you’re just gonna have to go with your gut. And maybe, just maybe, that’ll take you right where you were supposed to be.
Meredith: The length of your recovery is determined by the extent of your injuries. And it’s not always successful. No matter how hard we work at it. Some wounds might never fully heal. You might have to adjust to a whole new way of living. Things may have changed too radically to ever go back to what they were. You might not even recognize yourself. It’s like you haven’t recovered anything at all. You’re a whole new person with a whole new life.