If you surrender completely to the moments as they pass, you live more richly those moments.
Anne Morrow LindberghRead
I must try to be alone for part of each year...and part of each day...in order to keep my core, my center...Women must be still as the axis of a wheel in the midst of her activities. She must be the pioneer of achieving this stillness, not only for her own salvation, but for the salvation of family life, of society, perhaps even of our civilization.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the importance of solitude and inner stillness for personal and societal well-being.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh highlights the necessity of finding solitude in our daily lives to maintain our inner peace and core identity. She argues that women, in particular, need to embody this stillness amidst their busy activities, as it not only benefits their personal lives but also contributes to the health of their families and society as a whole.
Themes
SolitudeStillnessWomenCoreSocietyFamily
In practice
Example use cases
During a women's leadership retreat, this quote can inspire discussions on self-care and its impact on community.
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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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