Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Everything is Random

I'd like to share with you a song my ima wrote. It's in Hebrew, and the translation was posted as a comment. We were talking one day, and I told her "it's all random." I was talking about life. That, later triggered some more thoughts for my ima, and she started writing.

I don't believe in God (I'm more into Eastern Philosophy). I don't believe I need to thank God for what I have. I don't believe there is some big plan that we are all part of. I believe it is all random. Sure, you can control some things like what to study in college, what color car to drive in, or how much sugar you put in your coffee (I prefer tea with honey). But you cannot control things like where you are born, who will be your parents, or your skin color.

You could be lucky and be born to rich parents, or unlucky and be born to some drug addict couple with no money. You could be born in the US, the land of dreams, or in a country like Syria where you get shot at by your own government.

There is a quote by Michael J. Fox, who has Parkinson's disease, that I really like:
"People always ask me if I say to myself 'why me?' and I tell them 'why not me?"'
I like math, I like numbers, I like statistics, and probability (I'm even currently majoring in math, it's on hold because of this whole cancer thing I have...). I believe that there will always be poor people, and there will always be rich people. There will always be healthy people, and there will always be sick people. Some fall in the "better" side of the numbers, and some fall in the other side.

Diseases, therefore, are here to stay. They are simply part of nature. This is the same for other unfortunate things in life. So when you say "why me?! why do these things happen to me? what did I do to deserve this?!" you are actually saying "why didn't these things happen to someone else!?" Now, wanting your life's unfortunates on someone else is an incredibly selfish, mean, and evil wish. Take what life gave you, and make the best of it. Respect strangers. If you were lucky and fortunate, share it with others. On that note, I present to you the song my ima wrote:


הוא אמר לי: הכול רנדומלי
אלוהים המצאה ילדותית
סתם עניין של מזל, כך נפל בגורל
ולחץ על דוושת המכונית

ועם זה צריך לחיות, ואין מה לעשות
תרקדי, תרקדי עד כִּלות
תסתכלי על חוטי החשמל הסנאי
מקפץ ברגליים קלות

אבל רן, צרחתי, היה מלך הגן
וִדו שיחק עם הבנות כל הזמן
וּמָלי, מלי עמדה בידיים שלובות
ואמרה לך מילים נורא מעליבות

תכעסי, תצעקי ותצביעי לשמים
אם זה עושה לך טוב
תכעסי, תצעקי, תרקעי ברגליים
 על שגרת הרחוב

ואני חוזר ואומר לך חוזר ואומר לך חוזר ואומר
זה קרה אצלי, אך היה יכול לקרות לכל אחד אחר
ועם זה צריך לחיות, ואין מה לעשות
תרקדי עד כלות הכוחות
תסתכלי לשמים משק צפורים
על ענן נודדות, נודדות

אבל רן, שאגתי, עושה מילואים
ודו מטייל בקטמנדו עם חברים
ומלי, מלי למדה מדעי ההתנהגות
וסיימה את התואר השני בהצטיינות

תכעסי, תצעקי, תקראי לשמים
אם זה עושה לך טוב
תשאגי, תקרעי, תרקעי ברגליים
על שגרת הרחוב

ואני חוזר ואומר לך, חוזר ואומר שהכול רנדומלי
זרקתי מטבע בחרתי בעץ ובמקרה יצא לי פָּלי
ועם זה צריך לחיות, ואין מה לעשות
תרקדי, תרקדי עד כלות
תסתכלי איך העץ בשקיעה מתכסה
בצמות זהובות, זהובות

מעבר לחלון בסטנפורד
פרחים מרהיבים מתכרבלים במורד
וגנן מכסיקני עם כובע סומבררו
משקה אותם אחד, אחד

וטיפות אדומות בחישוב מפורט
ובקצב של ולס רגוע
זולגות לאיטן ומשקות את גופך
וסוף מסלולן לא ידוע

ואני חוזרת ושואלת, חוזרת ושואלת
מדוע, מדוע, מדוע

הוא אמר לי שהכול רנדומלי
אלוהים? המצאה ילדותית
סתם עניין של
מזל
כך נפל ב
גורל
תרקדי, תרקדי איתי

3 comments:

  1. he tells me: "its all random
    "god is a childish invention"
    "it's just a matter of luck, it's what fate has drawn"
    and pushed on the gas.

    and with that you have to live, and there is nothing you can do
    dance, dance until you can't anymore
    look at the power lines, the squirl
    hops on light feet

    but Ran, I screamed, was king of kindergarten
    and Doo played with the girls the whole time
    and Mally, Mally stood there, hands crossed
    and said hurtful words to you

    get angry, scream and point to the skies
    if it makes you feel good
    get angry, scream, stomp your feet
    on the street's routine

    and I tell you again, and again and again
    it happened with me, but it could've happened to anyone else
    and with that you have to live, and there is nothing you can do
    dance your strength away
    look to the skies, a flock of birds against a cloud
    migrating, migrating

    but Ran, I roared, is doing reserve duties
    and Doo is trecking Kathmandu with his buddies
    and Mally, Mally studied behavioural science
    and graduated with honors

    get angry, scream, call to the skies
    if it makes you feel good
    roar, tear, stomp your feet
    over the street's routine

    and I tell you again, and again and again - "its all random"
    "I flipped a coin, chose tails and it happened to be heads"
    and with that you have to live, and there is nothing you can do
    dance, dance until you can't anymore
    see how the tree during sunset covers itself
    with golden golden braids

    outside the Stanford window
    splendid flowers wrap themselves down a slope
    and a Hispanic gardner wears a sombrero
    waters them, one by one

    and red drops in a detailed calculation
    and a heavy rythm of a calming waltz
    drip slowly and irrigate your body
    and the end of their route is unknown

    and I ask, again and again
    why, why, why

    he tells me that it's all random
    God? a childish invention
    just a matter of luck
    that's what fate has drawn

    dance, dance with me

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    ima

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