We wait till now? Now, when we're old men, we get to be brave?
Ernest GainesRead
Sometimes you got to hurt something to help something. Sometimes you have to plow under one thing in order for something else to grow.
Interpretation
Sometimes sacrifice or difficult choices are necessary for growth and improvement.
In this quote, Ernest Gaines emphasizes the idea that making tough decisions or enduring temporary pain is often necessary to facilitate positive change or growth in life. Just as agriculture requires the soil to be plowed and sometimes even sacrificed to yield a fruitful harvest, so too do our lives require us to let go of certain things in order to nurture new opportunities and developments.
In practice
This quote can be used in a personal development workshop to highlight the importance of letting go of the past.
We wait till now? Now, when we're old men, we get to be brave?
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