Wednesday
Jun172009
*turns inward and faces a stranger*
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 6:03AM
b: Oh, hi, Soul. It's been...
s: hey, Brain... weeks, months?
b: Right. Wow. How've you been?
s: crushed
b: Yeah?
s: by a house from Kansas
b: A house from Kansas?
s: i've had great plans for you... but every time i get at all close, it seems, i get crushed by the unimaginable... by some absolutely impossible happening, like a house from Kansas that was somehow lifted clean from its foundation by a tornado and then dropped squarely on top of me, in a galaxy far, far away
b: That makes no sense. You're neither wicked nor witchly. And was that a Star Wars reference?
s: maybe
b: Look, I still believe in you.
s: you have to say that
b: Of course I do. But what would happen if I didn't? Fact: there's no exchange policy for souls and brain transplants scare the cerebrospinal fluid out of me.
s: so what do we do?
b: Let me worry about building you protection from houses from Kansas. You stay focused on dreaming, whatever fears may come.
s: and if i fall?
b: You get back up.
s: but what if i can't?
b: That's only ever true once. And I've heard you'll know it when you feel it because it will be the first time you're not afraid of it.
s: so just keep swimming...
b: That's much more like you. Yes. Just keep swimming.
s: hey, Brain... weeks, months?
b: Right. Wow. How've you been?
s: crushed
b: Yeah?
s: by a house from Kansas
b: A house from Kansas?
s: i've had great plans for you... but every time i get at all close, it seems, i get crushed by the unimaginable... by some absolutely impossible happening, like a house from Kansas that was somehow lifted clean from its foundation by a tornado and then dropped squarely on top of me, in a galaxy far, far away
b: That makes no sense. You're neither wicked nor witchly. And was that a Star Wars reference?
s: maybe
b: Look, I still believe in you.
s: you have to say that
b: Of course I do. But what would happen if I didn't? Fact: there's no exchange policy for souls and brain transplants scare the cerebrospinal fluid out of me.
s: so what do we do?
b: Let me worry about building you protection from houses from Kansas. You stay focused on dreaming, whatever fears may come.
s: and if i fall?
b: You get back up.
s: but what if i can't?
b: That's only ever true once. And I've heard you'll know it when you feel it because it will be the first time you're not afraid of it.
s: so just keep swimming...
b: That's much more like you. Yes. Just keep swimming.
Reader Comments (20)
Just keep swimming...just keep swimming
Loved this conversation. I feel like I need to have the same one with my soul.
Do it. Made me feel much better, even if just for the day.
well said.
'Preciate it.
Hey there, Mr. Grumpy Gills.
Haha. I'm so Marlin.
Amen to that. Perfectly said.
Thanks.
Your soul and my soul may need swimming lessons.
Or lessons about how to prepare for all the dangers beneath the surface of the water.
Dear Brother from another Mother,
Have you been spying on me lately? Because the conversation above sounds a lot like the one I have been having with myself lately. It seems every avenue has a road block or the rocks have already been overturned.
I agree with your swimming and will raise you diligence. Hopes and dreams will happen, but we need to stick with it. Soon we will be having a home brewed beer in the same town, as long as we keep on keeping on.
JP's altered conscience
Can't wait for that beer, man.
But sometimes the fall hurts so badly that you can't get up for a while.
I've come back to this so many times today, unsure of what to say.
Yes. I agree. Sometimes you don't get up right away. And that's okay, as long as you're not down so long that you become comfortable fallen. But yes: it's totally fine to just breathe and let something else support your weight for a moment.
Glub glub...must keep head above water...
I have faith that you can do it.
Gotta have faith. Thanks.
awwww. :-)
Haha.
i'm suspicious that my soul was wiped out by a tornado storm trooper years ago.
Nice. (Not that it happened. Just the way you described it.)
Nothing ends a conversation between f.B.'s soul and brain better than a Disney reference.
Sounds like someone also needed to write an affirmative post. :)
I sorely needed it.
You treat your soul far better than most!
Really? I've been worried that I've been trashing it, lately.
Can I borrow your brain for a while?
Thanks.
Wanna trade?
And I'm sooo Dory.
Then I envy you.
Some day, I'm going to be the one driving the house instead of the one lying under it, but I know what you mean.
I just hope the day comes as soon as I want it to.
Great advice. You've perked me up a bit today. (Well you and the French vanilla I'm drinking!):)
Great. I'm glad.
I want to give Liebchen a hug. But, I think your post and your response to her comment might have done even better.
Oh, I don't know about my words. But thanks for thinking enough of them to say that.
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I'd text blind for like..50 dollars. Is something wrong with me?
Nothing at all. I'd do it for much less, too. It would probably be completely incoherent, but I'd do it.
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