We spend a lot of time craving what we don’t have. “Make a wish.” “It already came true.”(from Sixteen Candles) Be open and aware so that you may learn more.Ĩ. Socrates said, “True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.”īe mindful of what you don’t know. I mean, did any of us ever actually solve the Rubik’s cube? Lovable Lloyd Dobler is clearly channeling Socrates as he rambles. “How many of them really know what they want, though? I mean, a lot of them think they have to know, right? But inside they don’t really know, so… I don’t know, but I know that I don’t know.” (from Say Anything) Slow down and pay attention - you could be missing your life!ħ. Not only would Rooney have tracked him down right away with his phone’s GPS, but he likely wouldn’t have fully experienced his day if he’d instagrammed and selfied his way through a baseball game and a street parade and a snooty-restaurant meal. Think how different Ferris’ day off would have been if he’d been tweeting and snapchatting. You don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” (from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) Everything is fluid and ebbing and flowing and shifting and changing. They’re probably all the same thing anyway.īecause everything will be back, even shoulder pads, apparently ( gag me with a spoon!). This one is probably my favorite! Sometimes, when we try to speak the language of the soul - of love and fate and kismet - the language of science comes out instead. “I’m your density… I mean, your destiny.” (from Back to the Future) Kindness is ultimately what it’s all about. “Be excellent to each other.”(from Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure) As John Hughes Jon Kabat-Zinn tells us, you can’t control the waves, but you can learn to surf.ģ. Sometimes we’re not in control - and in that case, we must surrender to imperfection. If we expect perfection, we’re likely to be disappointed. True, this particular screw fell out due to Brat Pack shenanigans, but it’s an important lesson. The world’s an imperfect place.”(from The Breakfast Club) No one can put you in a corner you don’t want to be in. This one reminds me of the famous Eleanor Roosevelt quote: “ No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” “Nobody puts Baby in a corner.” (from Dirty Dancing) Let me share with you the most excellent and mindful mantras from rad and righteous 80’s movies.ġ. Or, we could kick off those pinchy jelly shoes and take a chill pill: let’s close our eyes (to block out the obnoxious neon colors), and discover that the 80’s had a lot to teach us. We could dismiss the “Me Decade” of the 1980s as one of vapid self-interest, with moms wrestling other moms to get the last Cabbage Patch Kid on the block and teens obsessing about Jake Ryan and prom dresses and Saturday detention. Shoulder pads were seen on the runways in 2016. My daughter and her friends have become Rubik’s cube fanatics and my son is a Star Wars junkie. How could we? Scrunchies and high-waisted jeans are back.
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