What can and doesn't have to be always, at the end, surrenders to something that has to be.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Andric suggests that things which are optional eventually give way to things that are inevitable.
- In plain terms
- What does not have to be will yield to what must be.
- What can you take from it?
- Accept inevitability over desire.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What must be in your life?
- What should surrender?
Another view
It assumes inevitability is always aligned with good.
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