Believe in What Makes You Happy…
~ Dena Dilaconi
Believe in what makes you feel good.
Believe in what makes you happy.
Believe in the dreams
you’ve always wanted to come true,
and give them every chance to.
Life holds no promises
as to what will come your way.
You must search for your own ideals
and work toward reaching them.
Life makes no guarantees
as to what you will have.
It just gives you time to make choices
and to make chances
and to discover whatever secrets
that might come your way.
If you are willing to take
the opportunities you are given
and utilize the abilities you have,
you will constantly fill you life
with special moments
and unforgettable times.
No one knows the mysteries of life
or its ultimate meaning,
but for those who are willing
to believe in their dreams
and in themselves,
life is a precious gift
in which anything is possible.
Movie: Brokeback Mountain
Brokeback Mountain Trailer
~~~ “There is a Brokeback Mountain in each and every one of us.” ~~~ – Ang Lee
LW’s Words:
Brokeback Mountain was directed by the famous Taiwan born Chinese director, Ang Lee, starring Heath Ledger (as Ennis Del Mar), Jake Gyllenhaal (as Jack Twist), Michelle Williams and Anne Hathaway.
The movie was shot mainly in Alberta Canada highlighting the beautiful and majmajestic landscapes of Southern Alberta. (See filming locations.)
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My favourite dialogue from the movie:
Ennis Del Mar: I’m gonna tell you this one time, Jack fuckin’ Twist, an’ I ain’t foolin’. What I don’t know – all them things I don’t know – could get you killed if I come to know them. I mean it.
Jack Twist: Yeah well try this one, and I’ll say it just once!
Ennis Del Mar: Go ahead!
Jack Twist: Tell you what, we coulda had a good life together! Fuckin’ real good life! Had us a place of our own. But you didn’t want it, Ennis! So what we got now is Brokeback Mountain! Everything’s built on that! That’s all we got, boy, fuckin’ all. So I hope you know that, even if you don’t never know the rest! You count the damn few times we have been together in nearly twenty years and you measure the short fucking leash you keep me on – and then you ask me about Mexico and tell me you’ll kill me for needing somethin’ I don’t hardly never get. You have no idea how bad it gets! I’m not you… I can’t make it on a coupla high-altitude fucks once or twice a year! You are too much for me Ennis, you sonofawhoreson bitch! I wish I knew how to quit you.
Ennis Del Mar: [crying] Well, why don’t you? Why don’t you just let me be? It’s because of you that I’m like this! I ain’t got nothing… I ain’t nowhere… Get the fuck off me! I can’t stand being like this no more, Jack.
Jane Zhang 張靚穎 – To Be Loved… with clips from Brokeback Mountain
Artist: Jane Zhang 張靚穎
Song: To Be Loved
Album: 張靚穎 Jane 愛
Lyrics
I can see your face everywhere I look
But everywhere is nowhere without you
What seemed to be like days
Was just a moment in time
But it meant the world to me
Cuz I knew
What I’ve been searching for all of my life
I had it right here – in front of my eyes
And what I’ve wished for was nothing compared
To what I received – when you were here with me
And if you’ll never come back
And today was all that we had
And if I won’t see tomorrow with you in my arms
It won’t matter because
Now I know what it’s like to be loved… my…
You’re so far away but I feel you so near
It’s like you never left me – never said good bye
I can hear your voice in the crowd
I can feel you touch me right now
I can see you smile when I close my eyes
And I hold on to that every night
To help me understand – when I ask myself why
Of all the people out there – you chose to be with me
To share a love so rare
And if you’ll never come back
And today was all that we had
And if I won’t see tomorrow with you in my arms
It won’t matter because
Now I know what it’s like to be loved
What a beautiful thing – to feel your love within
Like a child that sees the sunshine on the first day of spring
Just to know it’s true – there is someone like you
Who can make me believe there is nothing I can’t do
If you’ll never come back
And today was all that we had
And if I won’t see tomorrow with you in my arms
It won’t matter because
Now I know what it’s like to be loved… my…
To be loved…
Beyonce – Listen (MV)
Artist: Beyonce
Album: Dreamgirls Soundtrack
Song: Listen
Lyrics
Listen to the song here in my heart
A melody I start but can’t complete
Listen to the sound from deep within
It’s only beginning to find release
Oh the time has come for my dreams to be heard
They will not be pushed aside and turned
Into your own, all ’cause you won’t listen
Listen
I am alone at a crossroad
I’m not at home in my own home
And I’ve tried and tried
To say what’s on my mind
You should have known
Now I’m done believing you
You don’t know what I’m feeling
I’m more than what
You’ve made of me
I followed the voice, you gave to me
But now I’ve gotta find my own
You should have listened
There was someone here inside
Someone I thought had died
So long ago
Oh I’m screaming out
And my dreams to be heard
They will not be pushed aside or turned
Into your own
All ’cause you won’t listen
Listen
I am alone at a crossroad
I’m not at home in my own home
And I’ve tried and tried
To say what’s on my mind
You should have known
Now I’m done believing you
You don’t know what I’m feeling
I’m more than what
You’ve made of me
I followed the voice, you gave to me
But now I’ve gotta find my own
I don’t know where I belong
But I’ll be moving on
If you don’t, if you won’t
Listen to the song here in my heart
A melody I start, but I will complete
Now I am done believing you
You don’t know what I am feeling
I’m more than what you’ve made of me
I followed the voice you think you gave to me
But now I’ve got to find my own – my own
Quotes from Illusions by Richard Bach
- Quotes from “Illusions, The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah” by Richard Bach
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A cloud does not know why it moves in just such a direction and at such a speed, it feels an impulsion….this is the place to go now.
But the sky knows the reason and the patterns behind all clouds, and you will know, too, when you lift yourself high enough to see beyond horizons..
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You are led through your lifetime by the inner learning creature, the playful spiritual being that is your real self.
Don’t turn away from possible futures before you’re certain you don’t have anything to learn from them.
You’re always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.
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Every person, all the events of your life, are there because you have drawn them there.
What you choose to do with them is up to you.
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You are never given a wish without being given
the power to make it true.
You may have to work for it, however.
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Learning is finding out what you already know. Doing is demonstrating that you know it. Teaching is reminding others that they know just as well as you. You are all learners, doers, and teachers.
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Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully.
Dorian Gray
The song I posted earlier “Tears and Rain” is, IMHO, the best song from James Blunt’s debut album, Back to Bedlam. The lyric is deep and it touched my heart in a special way the very first time I heard it.
But I have to admit I did not know who Dorian Gray was or was referring to, so I googled it… Dorian Gray is a character from the book The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. There are too many interesting and thought-provoking dialogs between the characters in the book, so I’m just going to share one of the more famous with you:
“The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself, with desire for what its monstrous laws have made monstrous and unlawful.”
James Blunt – Tears and Rain
Artist: James Blunt
Album: Back To Bedlam (2005)
Song: Tears and Rain
Lyrics
How I wish I could surrender my soul
Shed the clothes that become my skin
See the liar that burns within my needing
How I wish I’d chosen darkness from cold
How I wish I had screamed out loud
Instead I’ve found no meaning
I guess it’s time I run far, far away; find comfort in pain
All pleasure’s the same, it just keeps me from trouble
Hides my true shape, like Dorian Gray
I’ve heard what they say, but I’m not here for trouble
It’s more than just words, it’s just tears and rain
How I wish I could walk through the doors of my mind
Hold memory close at hand
Help me understand the years
How I wish I could choose between Heaven and Hell
How I wish I would save my soul
I’m so cold from fear
I guess it’s time I run far, far away, find comfort in pain
All pleasure’s the same, it just keeps me from trouble
Hides my true shape like Dorian Gray
I’ve heard what they say, but I’m not here for trouble
Far, far away; find comfort in pain
All pleasure’s the same, it just keeps me from trouble
It’s more than just words, it’s just tears and rain
Tears and rain
Tears and rain
Far, far away; find comfort in pain
All pleasure’s the same, it just keeps me from trouble
It’s more than just words, it’s just tears and rain
