Peaceful Warrior Page #4

That's pretty much

all I can do right now,

presses and curls.

Yeah.

Hospital doesn't think so,

but I'm gonna be

off this cane soon.

Then, I'm back.

You gotta listen to them.

I have this crazy thought.

I'm already gonna miss

the third round.

I can't fix that.

But that final qualifier?

Dan.

That's not till next fall.

That gives me eight months.

What are you gonna do

in eight months?

I already petitioned

the Olympic Committee.

Dan, you have to be realistic.

What if I get back? Huh?

What if I get back to where

I was? You wouldn't want me

on the team?

Of course I would, Dan,

but look at yourself.

For Christ's sake, you've got

a piece of metal

holding your leg together!

-You can't give up on me.

-I'm not giving up on you, Dan.

Then, please,

just hear me out.

Dan!

The doctors have told me

there's just no question.

You will never

compete again.

(BELL TOLLING)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(INAUDIBLE)

(POUNDING ON DOOR)

BOY:
Christ, Millman,

what the hell

is going on in there?

Come on, Danny, open the door,

man! Answer me!

Millman...

What do you want?

No one's stopping me,

so just stay away.

I didn't come here

to stop you.

You think I won't do it?

'Cause I'm not afraid

of anything.

Not even this.

Or how about this?

Or this?

Look at you.

Hanging on for dear life.

Afraid to fall.

Well, I say

fall.

(SCREAMING)

It's not like

you're giving up anything.

Nothing you haven't

already lost.

What are you holding onto,

anyway?

(SCREAMS)

It's you, isn't it?

You're the one

I have to let go of.

You know what you're doing?

No.

(YELLING)

Do you know

who you are

without me?

No.

Then what

are

you doing?

(SCREAMING)

(GASPING)

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(RAIN FALLING)

(THUNDER CRASHING)

(RAIN POURING)

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(ENGINE SPUTTERING)

Go.

(ENGINE SPUTTERING)

Again.

(ENGINE TURNING OVER SLOWLY)

I don't know what to do now.

First realization

of a warrior.

What is?

Not knowing.

(CRYING)

What's happening to me?

I don't cry.

Apparently, you do.

It's embarrassing.

Emotions are natural,

like the passing weather.

What do you do

if you can't do

what you were born to?

Everything has

a purpose, Dan,

even this.

And it's up to you

to find it.

Go.

(ENGINE STARTING)

Your training can now move

to a new arena,

an arena where you

find your answers from within.

That old Plymouth.

Sit on it till you have

something of value to tell me.

That's it?

I don't hear from you

until you have an insight

worth sharing.

That's all?

How we doing tonight?

DAN:
Okay.

Okay.

Anger, hatred, violence,

they're really all just fear.

Fear, then, not money,

is the root of all evil.

Chaos Theory is correct except

that chaos is actually

not chaotic at all

but perfectly controlled.

If you lend somebody $20 and

never see that person again,

it was probably worth it.

When making a peanut butter

and jelly sandwich,

you must first apply

the peanut butter,

not the jelly,

to the bottom half

of the bread.

The people that are the

hardest to love are usually

the ones who need it the most.

Hmm?

There you are.

Thank you very much.

There's never

nothing going on.

There are no ordinary moments.

(CHUCKLING)

Yeah.

Welcome back.

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

You gotta be kidding me.

This isn't another vision,

is it?

'Cause I don't see

how this could be happening.

What the hell are you doing?

(LAUGHING)

Something wrong?

We don't do this anymore,

remember? We know better.

We're better than everyone

who doesn't know what we know

or live the way we do?

Is that what you mean?

Not better, maybe.

Smarter.

There is no "better."

You will never be better.

Same way you'll never be less

than anybody else.

The habit is the problem.

All you need to do

is be conscious

about your choices

and responsible

for your actions.

Is that why, out of all the

people you could have taught,

you chose me?

You done flattering yourself?

You chose me.

Why should I believe you?

You taught me yourself to only

listen to my own intuition.

How do you know that I'm not

your own intuition

speaking to you right now?

You mean maybe

I made you up?

Don't mess with me like that.

Every what has its what?

Every action has its price

and its pleasure.

Recognizing both sides,

a warrior becomes...

...realistic and responsible

for his actions.

(VOMITING)

THUG:
Boy sounds bad

over there, man.

DAN:
You gotta be kidding me.

Money, boys.

Picked the wrong guy

to pull this sh*t on, boys.

Little leverage,

at the right time,

at the right place?

Yours.

We can ramp this up

a little, tough guy.

Thank you and good night.

Didn't you forget our watches?

This is where

you give it to them, right?

Now, maybe I should have said

Dan's watch. I don't wear one.

Give it.

Thanks, old man.

What are you, a medium jacket?

Is he a what?

I'm not taking your jacket.

It's a good jacket.

Nice warm lining.

I'll take it.

It's a good jacket.

You. You're about Dan's size.

What size shoe

do you wear, Dan?

Are you kidding?

Christ, Soc, how far

are we gonna take this?

DAN:
They could have

killed us!

They could have killed us!

You could have kicked

every single one

of those guys' asses.

Instead, we're probably

gonna get picked up

for indecent exposure.

You think that's funny?

Do you?

You think that's funny?

You could have laid out

every single one

of those guys.

Tell me.

Tell me what the hell

you were thinking.

That the ones that are hardest

to love are the ones

that need it the most.

That knowledge

is not the same as wisdom.

Wisdom is doing.

They could have killed us.

It's a transformation.

Death?

Yes.

It's a little bit more radical

than puberty but nothing to

get particularly upset about.

What the hell

are you talking about?

Death isn't sad.

The sad thing is

most people don't live at all.

Is that a double double?

No, that was a full twisting

double layout.

I need to make it

a double double.

Look at you.

First day without

the training wheels.

No cane, no crutches.

Listen, I just came here

to say,

I haven't always been

a very good friend.

In fact, I can't remember

the last time

I was somebody's good friend.

Hey, it gets crazy,

you know?

I mean, what are you gonna do

when we're always competing

against each other?

Anyway, what I really

came here to say was...

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

Trev, is Middleman apologizing?

I think he is.

Oh, God. Oh, God.

He's going down.

(GRUNTING) Oh, my God.

He's going down!

He's going down!

Medic!

Get the paddles! Clear!

Clear!

Oh, God, take me instead!

Oh, no!

DAN:
Took for granted

what I could do.

I was sloppy with my life.

I'm scared, but

I feel like I got rid of

all the old stuff, and...

I think it was

the right thing to do.

When you feel fear,

use the sword.

Take it up here

and cut the mind to ribbons.

Slash through

all those regrets and fears

and anything else

that lives in the past

or the future.

I want to be able

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