The highway is alive tonight But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light With the ghost of old Tom Joad.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The journey is known and inevitable, yet we find solace in shared history and memory.
- In plain terms
- We know where life leads, but we are comforted by the past.
- What can you take from it?
- Accept the journey and find comfort in memory.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Where is your life heading?
- Who do you carry in memory?
Another view
Acceptance does not remove the fear of the end.
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Hell's brewin' dark sun's on the rise This storm'll blow through by and by House is on fire, Viper's in the grass A little revenge and this too shall pass.
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