I love this scene. Ryan Gosling's acting moves me deep down. You can feel his grief and anxiety listening to his trembling voice and looking at his eyes. When he says "the kids... keep me focused", and we start to listen to Feist singing "Lover's spit" on the background, I can't help my tears. And that beautiful moment is followed by an amazing monologue to his class:
"Change moves in spirals, not circles. For example, the sun goes up and then it goes down. But everytime that happens, what do you get? You get a new day. You get a new one. When you breathe, you inhale and you exhale, but every single time that you do that you're a little bit different then the one before. We're always changing. And its important to know that there are some changes you can't control but that there are others you can."
"Change moves in spirals, not circles. For example, the sun goes up and then it goes down. But everytime that happens, what do you get? You get a new day. You get a new one. When you breathe, you inhale and you exhale, but every single time that you do that you're a little bit different then the one before. We're always changing. And its important to know that there are some changes you can't control but that there are others you can."
