I just thought I was empty and now I'm being filled...and I just wanted to keep being filled.
Interpretation
This quote expresses a journey of self-discovery and personal growth.
In this quote, Laura Hillenbrand reflects on a transformative experience where she once felt empty but has now found fulfillment. The sentiment conveys a deep desire to continue this process of being filled, indicating a pursuit of knowledge, experiences, and emotional enrichment that adds meaning to life.
In practice
In a motivational speech discussing the importance of personal growth.
Every day after lunch when I was writing my first book, I'd nibble a square of fine chocolate and meditate on all that had gone into its creation: the sun and rain that spilled on the cocoa plant, the soil that nourished it, the hands that picked the beans, and so on. My taste of chocolate became a lesson on the interconnectedness of things, and the infinite blessings for which I am grateful.
I identified in a very deep way with the individuals I was writing about because the theme that runs through this story is of extraordinary hardship and the will to overcome it.
Without dignity, identity is erased.
It's easy to talk to a horse if you understand his language. Horses stay the same from the day they are born until the day they die. They are only changed by the way people treat them.
Most people, when they hear the disease name, it's all they know about it. It sounds so mild. When I first was sick, for the first 10 years or so, I was dismissed. I was ridiculed and told I was lazy. It was a joke.
The paradox of vengefulness is that it makes men dependent upon those who have harmed them, believing that their release from pain will come only when their tormentors suffer.
There’s nothing better than discovering, to your own astonishment, what you’re meant to do. It’s like falling in love.
We are still awaiting Easter; we are not yet standing in the full light but walking toward it full of trust.
I was hopeless, now I'm on Hope Road.
Tomorrow is in the wings waiting for you to sound her entrance fanfare.
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.'
This faith transforms the whirlwind of despair into a warm and reviving breeze of hope. The words of a motto which a generation ago were commonly found on the wall in the homes of devout persons need to be etched on our hearts: Fear knocked at the door. Faith answered. There was no one there.
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