What the river was showing her now was that she could flow beyond the brokenness, redeem herself, and fuse once more.
Interpretation
The quote suggests that one can recover from hardships and transform themselves positively.
In this quote, Ursula Hegi uses the metaphor of a river to illustrate the journey of personal healing and transformation. It emphasizes that despite experiencing brokenness or difficulties, individuals have the power to adapt and evolve, finding strength and coherence within themselves once again. The river represents the continuous flow of life, highlighting that resilience and redemption are possible even after challenging times.
In practice
In a speech about resilience after challenges, one might say, 'As Ursula Hegi reminds us, the river shows that we can flow beyond our brokenness.'
That's the nature of being a parent, Sabine has discovered. You'll love your children far more than you ever loved your parents, and -- in the recognition that your own children cannot fathom the depth of your love -- you come to understand the tragic, unrequited love of your own parents.
Everything now, we must assume, is in our hands; we have no right to assume otherwise. If we do not falter in our duty now, we may be able, handful that we are, to end the racial nightmare, and achieve our country, and change the history of the world.
The world, as we know it, is coming to an end. The world as the center of the universe, the world divided from the heavens, the world bound by horizons in which love is reserved for members of the in-group: that is the world that is passing away. Apocalypse does not point to a fiery Armageddon but to the fact that our ignorance and complacency are coming to an end.
Now that Arab women are pouring into the streets by the million, men discover with dismay that they, not women, were the captives of the harem dream.
You cannot be the person they know and the great, glorious person you want to become. Not at the same time.
It becomes more necessary to see the truth as it is if you realize that the only vehicle for change are these people who have lost their personality.
The power of effecting changes for the better is within ourselves, not in the favorableness of circumstances.
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