You are in control, is there anywhere you wanna go? You are in control is there anything you wanna know?
El otro día en el camino en coche a San Fernando para coger el tren a Madrid he puesto un disco de Coldplay que ha comenzado por esta frase: estás en control, ¿hay algún lugar al que quieras ir? estás en control, ¿hay algo que quieras saber?
Estás en control. Estás en control. Estás en control.
Esto no lo vas a escuchar en las noticias. Ni en la escuela. Porque justo aquí se enseña lo contrario. Cada vez que hago una sesión de terapia o hablo con ciertas amistades que viven en las grandes ciudades me doy cuenta cómo perdemos el poder cediendo el control a otros. “No puedo hacer xxx por el trabajo” “No puedo xxx por la hipoteca” “No puedo xxx por mi familia”. O incluso peor, "me voy a inyectar algo en el cuerpo en lo que no confío para poder viajar".
¿Qué pasaría si te dijeran que tú y sólo tú tienes el control de tu vida? Que nadie puede decidir por ti, que no necesitas que nadie valide tus decisiones. ¿Sería algo liberador o aterrador?
Eres 100 % responsable de lo que ocurre en tu vida. Estás en control en todo momento. ¿Hacia dónde quieres ir, qué quieres hacer, cómo quieres que sea la película de tu vida? Tú y sólo tú puedes decidir eso.
You are in control, is there anywhere you wanna go? You are in control is there anything you wanna know?
The other day on the way by car to San Fernando to take the train to Madrid I put on a Coldplay record that started with this phrase: you are in control, is there somewhere you want to go? you are in control, is there anything you want to know?
You are in control. You are in control. You are in control.
You're not going to hear this on the news. You're not going to hear it on the news. You're not going to hear it in school. Because the opposite is taught right here. Every time I do a therapy session or talk to certain friends who live in the big cities I realize how we lose power by ceding control to others. "I can't do xxx because of work" "I can't xxx because of the mortgage" "I can't xxx because of my family". Or even worse, "I'm going to inject something into my body that I don't trust so I can travel."
What if you were told that you and only you are in control of your life? That no one can decide for you, that you don't need anyone to validate your decisions? Would that be liberating or frightening?
You are 100% responsible for what happens in your life. You are in control at all times. Where do you want to go, what do you want to do, what do you want the movie of your life to look like? You and only you can decide that.
Coldplay song:
Lyrics:
You're in control, is there anywhere you want to go?
You're in control, is there anything you want to know?
The future's for discovering
The space in which we're travelling
From the top of the first page
To the end of the last day
From the start in your own way
You just want
Somebody listening to what you say
It doesn't matter who you are
Under the surface trying to break through
Deciphering the codes in you
I need a compass, draw me a map
I'm on the top, I can't get back
The first line on the first page
To the end of the last page, you were looking
From the start in your own way
You just want somebody listening to what you say
It doesn't matter who you are
It doesn't matter who you are
You just want somebody listening to what you say
You just want somebody listening to what you say
It doesn't matter who you are
It doesn't matter who you are
Is there anybody out there who is lost and hurt and lonely too?
Are they bleeding all your colours into one?
And if you come undone
As if you've been run through
Some catapult had fired you
You wonder if your chance will ever come
Or if you're stuck in square one
