What the river was showing her now was that she could flow beyond the brokenness, redeem herself, and fuse once more.
Interpretation
The quote suggests that one can recover from hardships and transform themselves positively.
In this quote, Ursula Hegi uses the metaphor of a river to illustrate the journey of personal healing and transformation. It emphasizes that despite experiencing brokenness or difficulties, individuals have the power to adapt and evolve, finding strength and coherence within themselves once again. The river represents the continuous flow of life, highlighting that resilience and redemption are possible even after challenging times.
In practice
In a speech about resilience after challenges, one might say, 'As Ursula Hegi reminds us, the river shows that we can flow beyond our brokenness.'
That's the nature of being a parent, Sabine has discovered. You'll love your children far more than you ever loved your parents, and -- in the recognition that your own children cannot fathom the depth of your love -- you come to understand the tragic, unrequited love of your own parents.
I support anything that broadens the message of gender equality and tempers the stigma of the feminist label. We run into trouble, though, when we celebrate celebrity feminism while avoiding the actual work of feminism.
I thought yesterday was the first day of the rest of my life but it turns out today is.
I was a-trembling, because I'd got to decide, forever, betwixt two things, and I knowed it.
When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don't just turn it off one day.
What happened to the world was gradual. I've forgotten what it actually was, but I have faint, fetal memories of what it was like. A smoldering dread that never really caught fire till there wasn't much left to burn. Each sequential step surprised us. Then one day we woke up, and everything was gone.
I think it has been a tremendous feat on the part of East Germans since 1990 to adapt to everything changing.
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