Running Away
Jeong-ho Min: Are you sad?
Jang-Geum Seo: I am happy. Are you happy?
Jeong-ho Min: I am sad. Are you scared?
Jang-Geum Seo: My heart flutters like a butterfly. Are you brave?
Jeong-ho Min: I am scared.
-Min Jeong-Ho and Jang Geum, upon running away from the palace.
Sometimes, in our most difficult times rather than facing our innermost fears we turn our backs and run away. Why must we be afraid of being hurt? We fear feeling pain and above all refuse to admit that we need to.
I've been around for quite a while. I know a lot and I have yet to learn many. One thing I know is that I won't be where I am today without being able to fight my own monsters and conquer suffering.
We all need to learn one way or another. This is a lesson in life we need to eat whole. No matter how bitter the pill is we must take it. Our life-learning is fed everytime we take chances, mitigate risks, call the most difficult decisions, commit some mistakes and even shed sacrifices.
I have sole choice and power to be happy. I need not anyone to give me this. But running away from a promise won't get me to where I would want to be.
So I need some strength. If I were to open myself at this fragile stage, I will need all the faith I could muster and the all love I can give.
Hope is something not common these days. People are just so damn interested in quick fixes. I don't need an easy stopgap. I want something that I can call my own.
Now I ask. Should I run away from you my dear? Not knowing what the future holds punishes me. I wish to fly high up in the sky but you clipped my wings.
I can't soar...
Not without you.
Jang-Geum Seo: I am happy. Are you happy?
Jeong-ho Min: I am sad. Are you scared?
Jang-Geum Seo: My heart flutters like a butterfly. Are you brave?
Jeong-ho Min: I am scared.
-Min Jeong-Ho and Jang Geum, upon running away from the palace.
Sometimes, in our most difficult times rather than facing our innermost fears we turn our backs and run away. Why must we be afraid of being hurt? We fear feeling pain and above all refuse to admit that we need to.
I've been around for quite a while. I know a lot and I have yet to learn many. One thing I know is that I won't be where I am today without being able to fight my own monsters and conquer suffering.
We all need to learn one way or another. This is a lesson in life we need to eat whole. No matter how bitter the pill is we must take it. Our life-learning is fed everytime we take chances, mitigate risks, call the most difficult decisions, commit some mistakes and even shed sacrifices.
I have sole choice and power to be happy. I need not anyone to give me this. But running away from a promise won't get me to where I would want to be.
So I need some strength. If I were to open myself at this fragile stage, I will need all the faith I could muster and the all love I can give.
Hope is something not common these days. People are just so damn interested in quick fixes. I don't need an easy stopgap. I want something that I can call my own.
Now I ask. Should I run away from you my dear? Not knowing what the future holds punishes me. I wish to fly high up in the sky but you clipped my wings.
I can't soar...
Not without you.