Meredith: [voiceover] The fantasy is simple. Pleasure is
good, and twice as much pleasure is better. That pain is bad, and no
pain is better. But the reality is different. The reality is that pain
is there to tell us something, and there's only so much pleasure we can
take without getting a stomach ache. And maybe that's okay. Maybe some
fantasies are only supposed to live in our dreams.
George: [one on one meeting with the Chief] Aren't you gonna say anything or [pause] I'm not gonna break [pause]
I'm starting to get a little freaked out, but I'm not gonna break. It’s
not because I don't care, because I do care what you think about me, I
do. Care. I just can't tell you want you want to hear. Which seems to
be a theme in my life right now. Just because you can't say something
doesn't mean you don't want to, you can want to very much. You can be
with a person and be happy with them and not love them. And you can
love somebody and not want to be with them. You don't need to love
someone to want them. Now that's frustrating, when what your brain
tells you you want and what you actually want don't match up. It’s
exhausting. And, well, it’s complicated. But that's life. And life...
sucks (So true!)
Meredith: There's something to be said about a glass half full.
About knowing when to say when. I think it's a floating line. A
barometer of need and desire. It's entirely up to the individual. And
depends on what's being poured. Sometimes all we want is a taste. Other
times there's no such thing as enough, the glass is bottomless. And all
we want, is more.
Meredith: [voiceover]
Pain, it comes in all forms. The small twinge, a bit of soreness, the
random pain, the normal pains that we live with everyday. Then there's
the kind of pain you can't ignore. A level of pain so great that it
blocks out everything else; makes the rest of your world fade away
until all we can think about is how much we hurt. How we manage our
pain is up to us. Pain. We anaesthetize, ride it out, embrace it,
ignore it.. and for some of us, the best way to manage pain is to just
push through it.
Meredith: [voiceover] Pain, you just have to ride it out,
hope it goes away on its own, hope the wound that caused it heals.
There are no solutions, no easy answers. You just breathe deep and wait
for it to subside. Most of the time pain can be managed, but sometimes
the pain gets you when you least expect it, hits way below the belt and
doesn't let up. Pain you just have to fight through, because the truth
is you can't outrun it, and life always makes more.
good, and twice as much pleasure is better. That pain is bad, and no
pain is better. But the reality is different. The reality is that pain
is there to tell us something, and there's only so much pleasure we can
take without getting a stomach ache. And maybe that's okay. Maybe some
fantasies are only supposed to live in our dreams.
George: [one on one meeting with the Chief] Aren't you gonna say anything or [pause] I'm not gonna break [pause]
I'm starting to get a little freaked out, but I'm not gonna break. It’s
not because I don't care, because I do care what you think about me, I
do. Care. I just can't tell you want you want to hear. Which seems to
be a theme in my life right now. Just because you can't say something
doesn't mean you don't want to, you can want to very much. You can be
with a person and be happy with them and not love them. And you can
love somebody and not want to be with them. You don't need to love
someone to want them. Now that's frustrating, when what your brain
tells you you want and what you actually want don't match up. It’s
exhausting. And, well, it’s complicated. But that's life. And life...
sucks (So true!)
Meredith: There's something to be said about a glass half full.
About knowing when to say when. I think it's a floating line. A
barometer of need and desire. It's entirely up to the individual. And
depends on what's being poured. Sometimes all we want is a taste. Other
times there's no such thing as enough, the glass is bottomless. And all
we want, is more.
Meredith: [voiceover]
Pain, it comes in all forms. The small twinge, a bit of soreness, the
random pain, the normal pains that we live with everyday. Then there's
the kind of pain you can't ignore. A level of pain so great that it
blocks out everything else; makes the rest of your world fade away
until all we can think about is how much we hurt. How we manage our
pain is up to us. Pain. We anaesthetize, ride it out, embrace it,
ignore it.. and for some of us, the best way to manage pain is to just
push through it.
Meredith: [voiceover] Pain, you just have to ride it out,
hope it goes away on its own, hope the wound that caused it heals.
There are no solutions, no easy answers. You just breathe deep and wait
for it to subside. Most of the time pain can be managed, but sometimes
the pain gets you when you least expect it, hits way below the belt and
doesn't let up. Pain you just have to fight through, because the truth
is you can't outrun it, and life always makes more.
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