To each and every living thing The call of life will enthrall, From the mysteries, up we spring, Then to them back we fall
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Life pulls all living things toward mystery and returns them there.
- In plain terms
- Life calls us to rise and eventually we return to the mystery.
- What can you take from it?
- Life is a cycle of rising and falling.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What calls to you now?
- Where do you return?
Another view
This fragment is too brief to form a clear argument.
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