When I find myself in times of trouble _x000D_ Mother Mary comes to me, _x000D_ speaking words of wisdom "Let it be".
Interpretation
The quote suggests finding peace and acceptance during difficult times.
In this quote, John Lennon expresses the idea that in moments of distress and uncertainty, one can find solace in wise and comforting thoughts. The phrase 'Let it be' serves as a reminder to accept what we cannot change and to trust that things will unfold in the way they are meant to, providing a sense of calm and reassurance.
In practice
Sharing this quote during a support group meeting to encourage acceptance among participants.
When I get older losing my hair many years from now. Will you still be sending me a Valentine. Birthday greetings, bottle of wine? If I'd been out till quarter to three would you lock the door? Will you still need me, will you still feed me, When I'm sixty-four?
The writing of the Beatles, or John and Paul's contribution to the Beatles in the late sixties - had a kind of depth to it, a more mature, more intellectual approach. We were different people, we were older. We knew each other in all kinds of different ways than when we wrote together as teenagers and in our older twenties.
I put things down on sheets of paper and stuff them in my pockets. When I have enough, I have a book.
Guilt for being rich, and guilt thinking that perhaps love and peace isn't enough and you have to go and get shot or something.
I regret profoundly that I was not an American and not born in Greenwich Village. It might be dying, and there might be a lot of dirt in the air you breathe, but this is where it's happening.
I've been baking bread and looking after the baby...Everyone else who has asked me that question over the last few years says. 'But what else have you been doing?' To which I say, 'Are you kidding?' Because bread and babies, as every housewife knows, is a full-time job. After I made the loaves [of bread,] I felt like I had conquered something. But as I watched the bread being eaten, I thought, Well, Jesus, don't I get a gold record or knighted or nothing?
Wounds are the means through which we enter the hearts of other people. They are meant to teach us to become compassionate and wise.
Our intentions may be very good, but, because the intelligence is limited, the action may turn out to be a mistake - a mistake, but not necessarily a sin, for sin comes out of a wrong intention.
I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution.
It's so important to realize that every time you get upset, it drains your emotional energy. Losing your cool makes you tired. Getting angry a lot messes with your health.
My problem is how to find the best way of being useful.
Circumstances which we have resented, situations which we have found desperately difficult, have all been the means in the hands of God of driving the nails into the self-life which so easily complains.
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