Matthew McConaughey
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
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.
Is there a trick to it?
Not that I know of.
I mean, I don't.
I have to catch myself from trying to intellectualize my way into the reasoning and not skip over real feelings and discomfort.
I mean, I did get that from my mom and I have to watch it, that so resilient that we just dust ourself off and get up and go.
You want to feel it.
You want to deeply feel the pain.