The poet is one who is able to keep the fresh vision of the child alive.
Anais NinRead
You live out the confusions until they become clear.
Interpretation
Confusion is a part of the learning process, which eventually leads to clarity.
In this quote, Anais Nin suggests that experiencing confusion is a natural and necessary part of life's journey. Rather than fearing or resisting confusion, one should embrace it as an opportunity for growth and discovery. As we navigate through our uncertainties, we gradually gain insights and understanding that help illuminate our paths.
In practice
Use this quote in a motivational speech about personal growth and self-discovery.
The poet is one who is able to keep the fresh vision of the child alive.
Anxiety is love's greatest killer, because it is like the stranglehold of the drowning.
We celebrate peace. Yet we pay no attention to the ways of curing aggression in human beings. And when one sees in psychoanalysis hostility disappearing as people conquer their fears, one wonders if the cure is not there.
The impetus to grow and live intensely is so powerful in me I cannot resist it. I will work, I will love my husband, but I will fulfill myself.
We have been poisoned by fairy tales.
But I lie. I embellish. My words are not deep enough. They disguise, they conceal. I will not rest until I have told of my descent into a sensuality which was as dark, as magnificent, as wild, as my moments of mystic creation have been dazzling, ecstatic, exalted.
The strongest of us are those that are spiritually strong, and a spiritual warrior is one of vulnerability.
No, improvising is wonderful. But, the thing is that you cannot improvise unless you know exactly what you're doing.
I'm great at a deathbed. I've never given tranquillisers or psychiatric medicine. I've given love and fun and creativity and passion and hope, and these things ease suffering.
Since you are not a prophet, follow the way taught by prophets. _x000D_ _x000D_ Since you are not a king, be a loyal subject to The King. _x000D_ _x000D_ Since you are not a captain, do not take the helm of the ship. _x000D_ _x000D_ Since you do not possess every skill, have partners in your business. _x000D_ _x000D_ Be as pliant as dough in the hands of others, that you may rise well.
A different language is a different vision of life.
If I had followed my better judgment always, my life would have been a very dull one.
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