The wrong things are predominantly stressed in the schools - things remote from the student's experience and need.
Anne Sullivan MacyRead
You cannot touch the clouds, you know; but you feel the rain and know how glad the flowers and the thirsty earth are to have it after a hot day. You cannot touch love either; but you feel the sweetness that it pours into everything. Without love you would not be happy or want to play.
Interpretation
Love is intangible but profoundly felt, much like the rain that nourishes the earth.
This quote reflects on the nature of love and its impact on life, drawing a parallel between the experience of rain and the essence of love. Just as one cannot physically grasp the clouds, love is not a tangible entity but rather an emotion experienced through its effects, bringing joy and fulfillment to our lives. The quote emphasizes that love, much like rain, is essential for happiness and personal growth.
In practice
During a wedding ceremony to express the importance of love.
The wrong things are predominantly stressed in the schools - things remote from the student's experience and need.
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Ten kisses short as one, one long as twenty.
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Smiles from reason flow, To brute deny'd, and are of love the food.
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