“We cannot tell what may happen to us in the strange medley of life. But we can decide what happens in us — how we can take it, what we do with it — and that is what really counts in the end. How to take the raw stuff of life and make it a thing of worth and beauty — that is the test of living.”
—Joseph Fort Newton
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Poetry, prose, and quotes often have different meanings or interpretations based on the reader’s life experiences. Below, I have offered my initial inference of what the words above mean to me. Please feel free to leave yours in the comments section so that other readers might realize a more diverse interpretation. (The context in which the words may have been originally presented, and by whom, are not the primary issues, just what the words might mean to us, or for us, individually, in the now.)
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My interpretation of this quote: We are always accountable and responsible for our choices of attitude and behavior, as well as the results derived, regardless of circumstance.
What’s yours? (post in comments section below)
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Enjoy today.
Achieve today.
Tomorrow is promised to no one!
Great quote. I have met people who have risen above challenges that seem crushing and others who have been crushed at the first challenge. We can only control what we can control, and that is our response and reaction to the opportunities and curve balls that life throws our way. Thanks for sharing.
And thank you, Laurie, for your insight. I’m in agreement …but it took me sooo long to realize it
Be wel. ~Paul
we are the ones who choose how we will ourselves to feel towards so called loss, we are the ones to train our mindset so we can experience something different no matter what. So the failure provides us with as much opportunity as anything and in fact satisfaction. We describe that necessity is the mother of invention
Yes we are. Thank you for that. Be well.
thankyou for blessing the world with this blog