It's only in fairy tales that princesses can afford to wait for the handsome prince to save them. In real life, they have to bust out of their own coffins and do the saving themselves.
Interpretation
Real-life change often requires personal action instead of waiting for rescue.
This quote emphasizes the empowerment of individuals, particularly women, to take charge of their own lives rather than waiting for someone else to save them. It challenges the traditional fairy tale narrative and encourages self-reliance and proactive action in overcoming obstacles and achieving one's goals.
In practice
Sharing this quote during a women's empowerment seminar.
Accept the things I cannot change," I said. "And pray for the courage to change the things I can, as well as the wisdom to know the difference." The thing is... I know this is good advice. It's called the Serenity Prayer, and it really does put things in perspective (it's suppose to be for recovering alcoholics, but it helps recovering freakoutaholics, like me, as well).
Anything seemed possible, likely, feasible, because I wanted everything to be possible... Because I had no power to make things happen outside of me in the objective world, I made things happen within. Because my environment was bare and bleak, I endowed it with unlimited potentialities, redeemed it for the sake of my own hungry and cloudy yearning.
You know how mountains get moved? Everyone who can move a couple, move a couple. Those who can move rocks, move rocks. Those who can move boulders, move boulders. That's how mountains get moved. If every one of us did everything we could, I believe we would be in a different world.
This is no time to be ashamed of the Gospel. It is the time to preach it from the rooftops.
If you are looking for vocations, as a community have adoration every day. Once the Missionaries of Charity started daily adoration, their vocations doubled
If this world is going to be reached, I am convinced that it must be done by men and women of average talent.
As this New Year begins, ask God to help you tune your life every day to His Word, so you can bring harmony and joy to those around you.
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