Sometimes we want to hide from ourselves — we do not want to be us — it is too difficult to be us. It is at these times that we turn to drugs or alcohol or behavior to help us forget that we are ourselves. This of course is only a temporary solution to a problem which is going to keep returning, and sometimes these temporary solutions are worse for us than the original problem. Yes, it is a dilemma. Is there an answer? Of course there is: as a wise person said with a smile: "The answer is within the question.
— Ted, what's the problem?
— What's the problem? I don't got a problem, I got fuckin' problems!
Hakuna matata.
You know, kid, these two words will solve all your problems!
At some point, everything is going to go south on you. Everything is going to go south and you're going to say: «This is it. This is how I end». Now, you can either accept that... Or you can get to work. That's all it is. You just begin. You do the math. You solve one problem... Then you solve the next one. And then the next. And if you solve enough problems, you get to come home.
I don't want to be a genius — I have enough problems just trying to be a man.
The struggles I'm facin’
The chances I'm taking
Sometimes might knock me down but
No I'm not breakin’
I may not know it
But these are the moments that
I'm gonna remember most yeah
Just gotta keep going
— Oh, kid, you've got problems.
— Yup, and you're gonna fix them.
I feel like committing suicide, but I've got so many problems, that wouldn't solve them all.
Armageddon was yesterday – today we have a serious problem.