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The first step to expanding your reality is to discard the tendency to exclude things from possibility.
Interpretation
What this quote means
To broaden your understanding of the world, you must remain open to new possibilities instead of ruling things out.
E. E. Cummings emphasizes the importance of openness in personal growth and realization. By suggesting that one must discard the tendency to exclude possibilities, he invites us to consider that our perceived limitations can often be self-imposed, and that true expansion of our reality comes from embracing new ideas and experiences without prejudice.
Themes
PossibilityOpen-MindednessGrowthExpansionReality
In practice
Example use cases
In a motivational speech about personal development.
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