Life does not acommodate you, it shatters you. It is meant to, and it couldn't do it better. Every seed destroys its container or else there would be no fruition.
Interpretation
Life is inherently challenging and transformative, pushing us to grow through difficult experiences.
This quote highlights the harsh realities of life, suggesting that true growth often comes from overcoming adversity. Florida Scott-Maxwell asserts that just as seeds must break through their shells to grow, individuals must endure challenges that may seem shattering but are essential for personal development and fulfillment.
In practice
In a motivational speech about resilience, you might say, 'Remember, Life does not accommodate you, it shatters you.'
The enchantment of the sky, ever changing beauty almost ignored. Beyond words, without fixed form, not to be understood, or stated. It ravished away dullness, worry, even pain. It graces life when nothing else does. It is the first marvel of the day. Even when leaden grey it is still a friend, withdrawn for a time.
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.
Four or five years - nothing at all. But no one over thirty could understand this peculiarly weighted and condensed time, from late teens to early twenties, a stretch of life that needed a name, from school leaver to salaried professional, with a university and affairs and death and choices in between. I had forgotten how recent my childhood was, how long and inescapable it once seemed. How grown up and how unchanged I was.
I never knew what I wanted to do, but I knew the kind of woman I wanted to be.
You are 27 or 28 right? It is very tough to live at that age. When nothing is sure. I have sympathy with you.
That's the trouble with living things. Don't last very long. Kittens one day, old cats the next. And then just memories. And the memories fade and blend and smudge together.
In life you have a choice: Bitter or Better? Choose better, forget bitter.
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