Matthew McConaughey
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
If I needed it, he was my well for that.
Well, he's gone.
You know, like I said, he had the, literally had, they have our back.
Well, then when they no longer have our back, all of a sudden I'm going like, oh, well, maybe I need to look back and start giving some credit to how I got here.
What I'm doing and where I'm heading.
It gave me the first time courage to even look over my shoulder.
Because again, I didn't have to.
Because I don't have to look.
Dad's got my back.
No, dad's gone from this life.
He doesn't have your back.
Okay.
Okay.
So, I mean, I don't know, me, because it's inevitable, I very quickly go to, all right, in the pain, the loss, and yes, even loneliness, which is different from being alone, and loss.
Pretty immediately, part and parcel with the pain, I felt it.
Pretty immediately.
Less impressed, more involved.
I came like a couple weeks after moving on.
Is there a trick to that, to see the gift in the pain?
That's a good question.