If you have hitherto believed that life was one of the highest value and now see yourselves disappointed, do you at once have to reduce it to the lowest possible price?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- If life’s value seems diminished, we need not immediately devalue it completely.
- In plain terms
- Disappointment doesn’t require us to discard life’s worth.
- What can you take from it?
- Even in disillusion, seek meaning.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What grounds keep life valuable after disappointment?
- When is it healthy to lower expectations?
Another view
Some may argue that loss of value can be a rational conclusion.
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