Perhaps the real point of life is simply to wear us down until we have no choice but to start abandoning our defenses. We learn that the way things are is simply the way they are meant to be right now, and then, suddenly, at long last, we catch a glimpse of the abundance in the moment--abundance even in the face of things falling apart.
Interpretation
Life challenges us to let go of our defenses to truly appreciate the present moment.
In this quote, Katrina Kenison reflects on the notion that life often puts us through trials that compel us to surrender our protective barriers. Through the process of accepting our circumstances, we can discover a profound richness in the present, even amidst chaos and uncertainty, thereby redefining our relationship with both ourselves and the world around us.
In practice
In a motivational speech about resilience and acceptance in the face of challenges.
Mind precedes all phenomena, mind matters most, everything is mind-made. If with an impure mind, you speak or act, then suffering follows you as the cartwheel follows the foot of the draft animal. If with a pure mind, you speak or act, then happiness follows you as a shadow that never departs
If you use your mind to study reality, you won't understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using your mind, you'll understand both.
In the state of nature profit is the measure of right.
It is not that there are no certainties, it is that it is an absolute certainty that there are no certainties.
A being who, as I grew older, lost imagination, emotion, a type of intelligence, a way of feeling things - all that which, while it made me sorry, did not horrify me. But what am I experiencing when I read myself as if I were someone else? On which bank am I standing if I see myself in the depths?
The first requisite of civilization is that of justice.
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