There are ways in, journeys to the center of life, through time; through air, matter, dream and thought. The ways are not always mapped or charted, but sometimes being lost, if there is such a thing, is the sweetest place to be. And always, in this search, a person might find that she is already there, at the center of the world. It may be a broken world, but it is glorious nonetheless.
Interpretation
Life's journey involves exploration and self-discovery, and sometimes being lost can lead to profound revelations.
This quote emphasizes the multifaceted nature of life and the various paths one can take to discover meaning and purpose. It suggests that the journey itself, with its unexpected turns and uncertainty, can lead to self-realization and an appreciation for the beauty, even in a flawed world. The notion that sometimes being lost can feel blissful highlights the idea that true understanding comes from exploring the unknown.
In practice
In a motivational speech about the importance of embracing uncertainty in our lives.
Sometimes there is a wellspring or river of something beautiful and possible in the tenderest sense that comes to and from the most broken of children, and I was one of these, and whatever is was, I can't name, I can only thank. Perhaps it is the water of life that saves us, after all.
tears have a purpose. they are what we carry of the ocean, and perhaps we must become the sea, give ourselves to it, if we are to be transformed.
There is a way that nature speaks, that land speaks. Most of the time we are simply not patient enough, quiet enough, to pay attention to the story.
The mother of excess is not joy but joylessness.
A priest is he who lives solely in the realm of the invisible, for whom all that is visible has only the truth of an allegory.
Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
Whenever we seek to avoid the responsibility for our own behavior, we do so by attempting to give that responsibility to some other individual or organization or entity. But this means we then give away our power to that entity.
Somewhere along the line we started misinterpreting the First Amendment and this idea of the freedom of speech the amendment grants us. We are free to speak as we choose without fear of prosecution or persecution, but we are not free to speak as we choose without consequence.
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