shamelessly ganked from another lj, when i really needed it
Danny elfman commencement speech
For those that dont know who Danny Elfman is, he composed the music for Nightmare Before Christmas, the first Batman, and several others. He's the man responsible for the opening music for Tales from the Crypt. Read his words, becuase, god damn. I came to the end, and found my nose prickling and my eyes watery, almost to tears. I needed that.
Its about the long twisty roads in life, and how every turn brings you closer to your goals, even when you don't know what your goals are.
I've been in customer service jobs, and for that I'm a better customer service person that most of my new coworkers, I know this from listening to them. I have trained and helped people on computers for years, and that has brought me here. I have had two relationships that have forever changed me, imprinted new behaviours, allowed me to open up past traumas. (especially that last part. Anna helped me learn I am not my father, and Heather helped me learn who I actually am) and that has led to me being the husband that my soon to be wife, my darling Tara, needs and deserves. Hell, even the early groping kisses with Jamie, and the early groping groping with Julie have helped there.
The position I'm now in at DHL, they have no efficiency experts. They are loose and chaotic, and its a position I could create and step into, and even that will be a step towards what I want. I don't know where I will end up, I dont even know if I'll ever make it to the research lab like I really want, but I know and understand now, that every step heads somewhere.
I've been feeling directionless lately, like a leaf on the wind, and not in the good way. But... reading this helped, so much. Just beacuse I can't see what direction I'm traveling, doesnt mean I don't have one.
Read it. Trust me.
For those that dont know who Danny Elfman is, he composed the music for Nightmare Before Christmas, the first Batman, and several others. He's the man responsible for the opening music for Tales from the Crypt. Read his words, becuase, god damn. I came to the end, and found my nose prickling and my eyes watery, almost to tears. I needed that.
Its about the long twisty roads in life, and how every turn brings you closer to your goals, even when you don't know what your goals are.
I've been in customer service jobs, and for that I'm a better customer service person that most of my new coworkers, I know this from listening to them. I have trained and helped people on computers for years, and that has brought me here. I have had two relationships that have forever changed me, imprinted new behaviours, allowed me to open up past traumas. (especially that last part. Anna helped me learn I am not my father, and Heather helped me learn who I actually am) and that has led to me being the husband that my soon to be wife, my darling Tara, needs and deserves. Hell, even the early groping kisses with Jamie, and the early groping groping with Julie have helped there.
The position I'm now in at DHL, they have no efficiency experts. They are loose and chaotic, and its a position I could create and step into, and even that will be a step towards what I want. I don't know where I will end up, I dont even know if I'll ever make it to the research lab like I really want, but I know and understand now, that every step heads somewhere.
I've been feeling directionless lately, like a leaf on the wind, and not in the good way. But... reading this helped, so much. Just beacuse I can't see what direction I'm traveling, doesnt mean I don't have one.
Read it. Trust me.