{"id":32956,"date":"2013-09-23T04:35:56","date_gmt":"2013-09-23T08:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/?p=32956"},"modified":"2019-11-26T16:32:18","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T21:32:18","slug":"louis-c-k-why-youre-lucky-to-feel-sad-moments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2013\/09\/23\/louis-c-k-why-youre-lucky-to-feel-sad-moments\/","title":{"rendered":"louis c.k.: why you&#8217;re lucky to feel sad moments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5HbYScltf1c?rel=0\" height=\"394\" width=\"525\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/5HbYScltf1c\" target=\"_blank\">Video linke here<\/a>). The other night on Conan, comedien\/philosopher Louis C.K. talked about why he doesn&#8217;t let his kids have cell phones. The whole 4.50 minutes is great but the best, stunningly wise bit comes at about 2:53 when C.K. is describes the sudden wave of sadness \u2014&#8221;a kind of fall-back-to-school depression feeling&#8221; \u2014he felt when an old Springsteen song came on the radio.<\/p>\n<p>You just gotta watch it, but if you want the words, they&#8217;re here:<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>So I started to get that sad feeling and I said Yknow what? Don&#8217;t! \u00a0Just be sad. Just let the sadness&#8230;stand in the way of it and let it hit you like a truck.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And I let it come \u2026and I started to feel, Oh my God, and I pulled over and I just cried, like a bitch, I cried so much\u2026And it was beautiful\u2026it was like this beautiful\u2026Sadness is poetic.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>You&#8217;re lucky to live sad moments. And then I had happy feelings because of it because when you let yourself feel sad, you&#8217;re body has like antibodies. It has happiness that comes rushing in to meet the sadness so I was grateful to feel sad and then I met it with true, profound happiness.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you want to hear Springsteen&#8217;s echoing howls at the end of Jungleland, the song that moved Louis C.K,<a href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/08-Jungleland.mp3\" target=\"_blank\"> click this link<\/a>\u00a0and slide to 8:43 at the very end of the song<\/p>\n<p><em>With thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/davidsaltman.com\" target=\"_blank\">David Saltman.<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Related posts::<a title=\"louis c.k. on \u2018putting the time in\u2019\" href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2013\/04\/08\/louis-c-k-on-putting-the-time-in\/\">\u00a0louis c.k. on \u2018putting the time in\u2019<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"the collected wisdom of louis c.k.\" href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2013\/03\/08\/the-collected-wisdom-of-louis-c-k\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0the collected wisdom of louis c.k.<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2012\/10\/08\/louis-c-k-car-dances-who-are-you-rants-on-boredom\/#more-26073\" target=\"_blank\">louis c.k. car dances \u2018who are you?\u2019 + rants on boredom<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"\u2018everything is so amazing, but nobody is happy\u2019\" href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2009\/12\/17\/everything-is-so-amazing-but-nobody-is-happy\/\">\u2018everything is so amazing, but nobody is happy\u2019<br \/>\n<\/a><a title=\"louis c.k on being broke (with su tung-p\u2019o)\" href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2011\/12\/14\/louis-c-k-and-su-tung-po-on-being-broke\/\">louis c.k on being broke (with su tung-p\u2019o)<br \/>\n<\/a><a title=\"how \u2018not giving a sh*t can really help you a lot\u2019\" href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2012\/02\/21\/how-not-giving-a-shit-can-really-help-you-a-lot\/\">how \u2018not giving a sh*t can really help you a lot<\/a><a title=\"7 principles of comedy\/design\/creating anything\" href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2011\/05\/20\/7-principles-of-comedydesigncreating-anything\/\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a title=\"daily tonic: johnny cash, the carter family + louis c.k.\" href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2012\/03\/19\/daily-tonic-johnny-cash-the-carter-family-louis-c-k\/\">daily tonic: johnny cash, the carter family + louis c.k.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Video linke here). 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