If you surrender completely to the moments as they pass, you live more richly those moments.
Anne Morrow LindberghRead
A simple enough pleasure, surely, to have breakfast alone with one's husband, but how seldom married people in the midst of life achieve it.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote reflects on the rarity of enjoying simple moments with a partner amidst the busyness of life.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh highlights the often-overlooked joy of spending quiet, intimate moments with a spouse, like having breakfast together. Despite being a simple pleasure, such moments are infrequently realized by married couples who find themselves caught up in the demands and distractions of daily life.
Themes
MarriageIntimacySimple PleasuresBreakfastTogetherness
In practice
Example use cases
During a wedding speech, one might quote this to emphasize the importance of cherishing small moments in a marriage.
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