My mother was terribly important to me, and I know how much I yearned for her in my youth, but I don't think I truly trusted her.
Interpretation
The quote reflects the complex relationship between a child and a mother, highlighting the emotions of yearning and trust.
Julie Andrews expresses a deep emotional connection to her mother, acknowledging both the importance of that relationship and the child's struggle to fully trust a parent. This duality captures the essence of familial bonds, where love and yearning may coexist with doubts and trust issues, offering insight into the challenges of parent-child dynamics.
In practice
In a speech about family values, to emphasize the complexities of parental relationships.
I've learned a lot of things about myself through singing. I used to have a certain dislike of the audience, not as individual people, but as a giant body who was judging me. Of course, it wasn`t really them judging me. It was me judging me. Once I got past that fear, it freed me up, not just when I was performing but in other parts of my life.
Singing has been a cherished gift, and my inability to sing has been a devastating blow.
I come from a long line of below-stairs maids and gardeners. Good ol' peasant stock. My mother and her sister made a quantum leap out of that life. Then I made another quantum leap.
Every time I go out to perform, believe me. You never lose that fear of, 'I hope I do it right. I hope I don't fall flat on my face. I hope this will be good for them.'
Success is terrifying. Like happiness, it is often appreciated in retrospect. It's only later that you place it in perspective. Years from now, I'll look back and say, βGod, wasn't it wonderful.β
I'd say almost that words come first, melody second.
I think I can always look back and say my mom and dad would have done this or suggested that in a particular situation. I just really feel blessed to have had them as parents.
I just hope I remember to tell my kids that they are as happy as I look in my old photographs. And I hope that they believe me.
Our favorite teams bring people together, keep family members close, bond people from different generations. Some of the happiest moments of my life involve something that happened with one of my teams. Some of the best relationships I ever had were with Boston athletes that I never even met.
The Lord only knows how many times I let my children go hungry rather than take secretly the bread I liked not to ask for.
If a child is given love, he becomes loving ... If he's helped when he needs help, he becomes helpful. And if he has been truly valued at home ... he grows up secure enough to look beyond himself to the welfare of others.
The family uses people, not for what they are, nor for what they are intended to be, but for what it wants them for- its own uses. It thinks of them not as what God has made them, but as the something which it has arranged that they shall be.
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