Simon Amstell: Do Nothing Page #8

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And it's the same with the past.

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.

I really tried hard with my family

on that stupid debate

about my brother and his girlfriend,

but they stuck with their perception,

as they have a right to do.

They said, "It's not our fault.

It's your mother.

"She would rather

that he was with a Jewish girl."

And my mum said,

"No, that's not what I've said.

"What I've said is in an ideal world,

he would be, but I'm happy that he's happy."

Which sounds more positive,

but she's creating a whole other world there

where he's with someone else.

So I said, "We've got to let go of this idea

of an ideal world.

"The world is how you perceive it.

It's ideal, if you want it to be ideal."

"And they're in love.

Surely, love is the ideal."

And I won a bottle of champagne.

Thank you very much for coming.

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