Every Child needs to learn how to do this – to put Their Own feelings into words. Words that can Connect this Kid – this one, individual Human Being – to another individual Human Being.
It’s how We successfully battle the Monsters.
To not be able to call those things that scare Us out? They remain in Our Own Subconscious Brain. And if the Monsters remain trapped in Our SB? They can hurt us. The Monsters can even kill us, given enough free reign to run loose in there, willy nilly.
I keep a List on My cellphone, of South Korean drama shows that, for one reason or another, resonated very strongly for Me. If You don’t let the details create obstacles for You, DR, and if We (You & Me) were chatting & drinking coffee IRL? I would recommend “Fermat’s Cuisine” to You.
Isn’t it funny? How all the things that inspire Me to Connect with Other People – to share, reveal, “try to Help” Other People – all hafta do with “Food”? But – as Wiser Persons than Myself have pointed out to Me in the past, and I Believe It! – “There Are No Coincidences.”
It definitely feels like it… but there are No coincidences, My Fellow Traveler. There is only… resonation. My gut, My head, and My heart… pinging. Signaling to Me, the not-paying-attention-cuz-I’m-so-busy Human Being – Conscious Me, specifically – that Everything I see, hear & do has already “been done before… We just don’t realize it yet.”
If I can put My feelings into words – even when it’s insanely difficult to do so – I can start making sense of things. TECH can start… figuring stuff out. The more acquired data? The less confusion. The less these feelings have the power to control Me. To tempt Me by self-soothing Me… similar to offering a Kid a piece of candy, or a puppy, if They only jump into My car.
And this method works, because this Kid wants what Everybody wants: Somebody to ‘fix’ everything. Someone to ‘make all the Bad sh#t go away.’ It’s Why – My guess – most Other People believe in a Higher Power, be it Buddha or God or the Universe or anything else. If You don’t get too caught up in the details – if You can see “the Bigger Picture” in all of this?
We Are All the Same.
And if I believe that You and I are actually the same – part of the same bucket of Cosmic Goo, where this HP uses a soup ladle each time I visit this rock We call Earth & spend My time during this singular, very Human Life – that will never be repeated before or after – then this means that You, DR, are part of My Herd. And as One of My Herd… I’ve got Your back. You got My back. We Help Each Other. We scan the horizon for bushes that the tigers are hiding in, waiting to jump out of. “Dude! Third bush from that tree? There’s a nasty tiger hiding over there: Watch out.”
The main character Chef Kid in Fermat’s Cuisine? [N: this Pup is “Gaku”] He is a Genius. Like, “A Beautiful Mind” type genius. Gordon Ramsay, Einstein, and some other really Visionary Person… all rolled into one. And like most Visionaries, there is a very real danger that the thoughts whizzing around in My SB will eventually drive Me to insanity.
I fully recognize this possibility, I do. The difference for Me, though, is I no longer fear this possibility.
Why? Because I’ve been practicing Using My Words. And as long as I have breath in My body? Imma keep practicing. And the better I can get at using these words? The more easily I can Find the Helpers. The easier I can find My Herd.
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Conner’s Comments: Watch Fermat’s Cuisine in the original Korean. Practice reading the Story – imagine You are reading a book loll. And the soundtrack is the musicality of the Korean language… I love listening to languages – I can pick out a bunch of them by now: Korean, Mandarin, Thai, Japanese, etc. etc. [N: technically, I think FC is Japanese, now that I am checking imdb.com to finish these notes, here] Okay okay… watch it in the original Japanese.
Ooh, I notice the episodes don’t have any plot synopsises yet! A perfect opportunity to rewatch so I can add them… I discovered this game recently, and it gives Me a challenge, to write in a meaningful & concise manner. [N: practicing loll] When You watch, DR, notice how Kai Plants Seeds for Gaku, then the Teacher bails to let the Student test his own wings. *Spoiler Alert!* Gaku crashes/burns – like a Phoenix, not in a Blaze of Glory – and the reward, after all the dust settles? A bond is formed. Friendship. Which can only be found if You walk through the fire, IMO.