The car was swaying as Dean and I both swayed to the rhythm and the IT of our final excited joy in talking and living to the blank tranced end of all innumerable riotous angelic particulars that had been lurking in our souls all our lives.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A shared experience of swaying to life's rhythm, celebrating an ecstatic journey through countless soulful details.
- In plain terms
- We moved together in rhythm, full of joy and deep soulful connection.
- What can you take from it?
- Shared joy connects us to the deep rhythm of existence.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When did you feel this connection?
- What is your life's rhythm?
Another view
Such moments can feel transient and hard to sustain.
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