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 Even when leaden grey it is still a friend, withdrawn for a time.
Some of your griefs you have cured, And the sharpest you still have survived, But what torments of grief you've endured From evils that never arrived.
Hope may be the thing that pulls you forward, may be the thing that keeps you going, but that it's dangerous, that it's painful and risky, that it's making a dare in the world and when has the world ever let us win a dare?
You are 27 or 28 right? It is very tough to live at that age. When nothing is sure. I have sympathy with you.
What the myths say, is that you have to be the hero of your own life. You're the one who has to take charge of who you are, you're the one who has to take control. And also, you're the one who can bring something to the community.
It has been said that sometimes we need a story more than food in order to live. p 374
The person may have a scar, but it also means they have a story
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