#simon amstell

[...] But this is unfair, because I realised in everything that I was saying what was underneath my words was essentially, "Why can't you just be less judgemental, and more like me?" Which is judgemental. And arrogant, to try and change somebody else's perspective just so that the world can seem better for you. It's important that we have these contrasts in life. Nothing ever got created from things being the same. It's from the contrasts in life that anything happens. I realised in the end that all I could do, I couldn't change them, all I could was change my perspective on them, and then move on with my life. All you can really do in your life is change yourself, and that's hard enough. [...] [...] You can't change the past. There's no need to heal it. It's only a story that you've created. All you can do is let go of the story. You can't change yourself. All you can do is let go of the story of who you are. Let go of the character you've created from fear. And you can't change other people. All you can do is let go of your limited perspective of them. [...]

It's nice to know I can't listen to even a snippet of this song without thinking of this clip lmao