“There are those who receive as birthright an adequate or at least unquestioned sense of self and those who set out to reinvent themselves, for survival or for satisfaction, and travel far. Some people inherit values and practices as a house they inhabit; some of us have to burn down that house, find our own ground, build from scratch, even as a psychological metamorphosis.”
– Rebecca Solnit, A Field Guide to Getting Lost
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- Quote Source: Thank you crashinglybeautiful (via schadenfreudist)
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this is great David, thanks 😉
Thanks Anake…
Provocative as always, David–thx!
Thanks Lori
And some times people burn down that house, regardless of how well it served them, because a new purpose, meaning, needs a different residence (so to speak)..
Yes. (My interpretation was on the positive burning of the house – but yes, I see your point)
Life burnt my house down a few times, then I got back up again and rebuilt.
You are then living proof that this is more than a nice quote on a commercial free post!