go with the flow

Muhammad 2022-03-22 09:01:41

We always think: getting into a good college is going to be smooth sailing, then we find out it's not; we think it's going to be smooth sailing to get a good job, then we figure out it's not; we think it's going to be smooth sailing to have a home, and then we find out it's not.
We grow up and age slowly, and we find there are only a handful of times when things are going well in our lives. Most of the time we have to face all kinds of troubles and troubles. Even as we grow up, mature, and succeed, we find that we are still helpless against these sudden changes. We will complain about why there are so many trials in life and why we can't live easily and quietly. But man is such an animal: when the weather is calm, he complains that there is no thrill and excitement; It is not so easy to get this balance to be balanced.
No matter how complaining or frustrated, none of us can escape the problems that life throws at us. Even if we don’t want to, we still have to face it. But just like what I said at the beginning: receive with simplicity everything that happens to you. I think inner peace is the best way to deal with all the changes in the outside world.
The movie is very dull and a little obscure, but I think that's what he wants to express, this is the most important, but also the most ordinary theme, isn't it?

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A Serious Man quotes

  • Larry Gopnik: Please. I need help. I've already talked to the other rabbis. Please. It's not about Danny's bar mitzvah - my boy Danny, this coming Shabbos, very joyous event, that's all fine. It's, it's more about myself, I've... I've had quite a bit of tsuris lately. Marital problems, professional, you name it. This is not a frivolous request. This is a ser- I'm a ser- I'm, uh, I've tried to be a serious man, you know? Tried to do right, be a member of the community, raise the- Danny, Sarah, they both go to school, Hebrew school, a good breakfast... Well, Danny goes to Hebrew school, Sarah doesn't have time, she mostly... washes her hair. Apparently there are several steps involved, but you don't have to tell Marshak that. Just tell him I need help. Please? I need *help*.

    [the secretary rises, goes to the door behind her, opens it, shuffles into the dimness where she speaks quietly with the aged rabbi, who is idle. She shuffles back, closes the door and sits down]

    Marshak's Secretary: The rabbi is busy.

    Larry Gopnik: He didn't look busy!

    Marshak's Secretary: He's thinking.

  • Judith Gopnik: We shouldn't put the kids in the middle of this, Larry.

    Larry Gopnik: The kids aren't...

    Judith Gopnik: I'm saying "we." I'm not pointing fingers.

    Larry Gopnik: No one is playing the "blame game," Larry.

    Larry Gopnik: I didn't say anyone was!

    Judith Gopnik: Well let's not play He said, She said, either.

    Larry Gopnik: I wasn't! I-...

    Sy Ableman: Aw right, well let's just step back, and defuse the situation, I find, sometimes, if I count to ten.

    [pause]

    Sy Ableman: One... two... three... faw... Or silently.

    [Long pause]

    Judith Gopnik: Really, to keep things on an even keel, especially now, leading up to Danny's bar mitzvah...

    Sy Ableman: A child's bar mitzvah, Larry!

    Judith Gopnik: Sy and I think it's best if you move out of the house.

    Larry Gopnik: Move out?

    Sy Ableman: It makes eminent sense.

    Judith Gopnik: Things can't continue as they...

    Larry Gopnik: Move out! Where would I go?

    Sy Ableman: Well, for instance, the Jolly Roger is quite livable. Not expensive, and the rooms are eminently habitable.

    Judith Gopnik: This would allow you to visit the kids.

    Sy Ableman: There's convenience in its fava. There's a pool...

    Larry Gopnik: Wouldn't it make more sense for you to move in with Sy?

    Judith Gopnik: [Shocked pause] Larry!

    Sy Ableman: Larry, you're jesting!

    Judith Gopnik: Larry, there is much to accomplish before that can happen.

    Sy Ableman: Larry, Larry, Larry. I think, really, the Jolly Roger is the appropriate coss of action. It has a pool.