gold for the price of silver

"If it takes control of your body and soul, embrace it. If it makes you cry or leaves you wondering why, don't turn around, face it. But do you turn cold if they promised you gold for the price of silver. If it's chemically made by people you hate, pinch your arm, see if you're still there."

i heard this song at work and really liked the sound. then i went home and looked up the lyrics as i always do. that's when i fell in love with it.

the 1st two lines seem to speak to a philosophy of living that i used to be much better at putting into practice. it's simply being fearless and the hardest principle to walk.

at the same time you have to stick to your principles as the next two lines say. don't be a sucker for something that's too good to be true. and don't make deals that compromise your ideals.

if you can figure out how to balance these, fearlessness and principles, let me know how. i'm open to suggestions.


the song continues
"...let's go and watch the sun rise. Let your heart run along to the rhythm of your song. Everything you want is what I got to give you. You just have to let yourself come with me now. Everything you want is what I got to give you. There's no time to hesitate, come with me now. Let's go and watch the sun rise over London bridge or the Golden Gate..."





"Gold for the Price of Silver" from the album Versus by Kings of Convenience

las madres

My good friend Nick let me borrow a movie he's been telling me about since I met him. The movie is Spanglish. It's so cute and so funny.

Towards the end of the film Deborah (Téa Leoni) tries to blame her mother (Cloris Leachman) for her marital problems and the reason she is having an affair. To which her mother replies, "Lately honey, your low self-esteem is just good common sense."

You see, maybe the daughter has had some influences that sent her down a not-so-positive way of living and thinking. However, one must still take responsibility for one's own actions.

Sometimes you have to be shown how awful you are and what you're going to lose in order to realize the necessity of change.

Hopefully it won't be too late.



still blaming her mother...
"Deborah: You were an alcoholic and wildly promiscuous woman during my formative years so that I'm in this fix because of you, it is your fault and I just needed that moment for us to build on.
Evelyn: You have a solid point dear... but right now the lessons of my life are coming in handy for you."


Spanglish is really a look at three very different mother-daughter relationships. Mothers influence daughters who grow to become mothers who influence daughters. It's a cycle that continues until the right mother is able to have strength enough to teach her daughter what"s really important in life.