Peaceful Warrior Page #2

if I told you

that I keep seeing those shoes

in a dream I keep having?

I'd say maybe

you're still asleep.

You can live a whole lifetime

without ever being awake.

Hey, Socrates.

If you know so much,

how come you're working

at a gas station?

This is a service station.

We offer service.

There's no higher purpose.

Than pumping gas?

Service to others.

How we doing tonight?

Japanese style, huh?

So you know Socrates?

Is that what you call him?

I bet he loves that.

You eat here with him

every night?

Actually,

I think one's for you.

I see you've met Joy.

Hey, big Buddha.

Hi, little Buddha.

Joy, this is Dan.

We met.

(WHISPERS) Socrates.

Socrates.

Bon apptit.

You look hungry.

Joy do all that?

She live around here?

She related to you

or something?

You need to start asking

better questions.

What?

Slow down.

You might taste something.

You sure got a lot of rules

about stuff, don't you?

Not rules. Things I've learned

from my own life experience.

That's why I'd say

your eating is sloppy.

Who cares?

You do.

That's the difference

between us, Dan.

You practice gymnastics.

I practice everything.

If I was your trainer,

no meat.

Seriously?

None.

I could probably

handle that.

No TV, no alcohol,

no drugs and no sex.

And that's why I'm glad

you're not my trainer.

So, this diet

and your training

are making you all you can be?

Absolutely.

So, how long

can you stand like this?

Name it.

Five minutes. On the table.

Done.

You move so much as a muscle,

and I get to call you Jack

for the rest of the night.

Jack?

Short for jackass.

DAN:
What time is it?

What time is it?

What time

is

it?

What

time

is...

(SHOUTS)

My son, Jack.

Thanks for stopping by.

Everyone tells you what to do

and what's good for you.

They don't want you

to find your own answers.

They want you

to believe theirs.

And let me guess.

You want me to believe yours.

No.

I want you

to stop gathering information

from outside yourself

and start gathering it

from the inside.

What are you,

part of some cult

or something?

People are afraid

of what's inside,

and that's the only place

they're ever gonna find

what they need.

Why can't you sleep?

Is it because,

maybe, late at night,

when all the noise dies down

and you're lying there

in the bed,

and there's nobody around

but you, then, maybe,

you get a little scared?

Scared because suddenly

everything feels so

empty.

You tell me you want to be

more than just someone

who gets up on those rings

and performs

a well-practiced stunt or two.

You tell me

you want to be someone

who uses his mind and his body

in ways that most people

would never have

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