If you surrender completely to the moments as they pass, you live more richly those moments.
Anne Morrow LindberghRead
Parting is inevitably painful, even for a short time. It's like an amputation, I feel a limb is being torn off, without which I shall be unable to function. And yet, once it is done... life rushes back into the void, richer, more vivid and fuller than before.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Parting can be painful, but it often leads to new beginnings and enriched experiences in life.
This quote by Anne Morrow Lindbergh captures the dual nature of parting and loss. It compares the agony of separation to the physical pain of amputation, emphasizing how deeply such experiences can affect us. Yet, it also conveys a sense of hope and renewal, suggesting that after the initial pain, life can become even more vibrant and fulfilling than before. The inevitability of change and the possibility of growth are central themes in this reflection on relationships and life transitions.
Themes
PartingPainLifeRelationshipsGrowth
In practice
Example use cases
Using this quote in a speech about overcoming loss and embracing change.
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I am most anxious to give my own children enough love and understanding so that they won't grow up with an aching void in them--like you and I and Harold and Martha. That can never be filled, and one goes around all one's life trying, trying to make up for what one didn't get that was one's birthright, asking the wrong people for it.
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