I dreamed night after night that everyone in the world was dead excepting myself, and that upon me rested the responsibility of making a wagon wheel.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker felt an overwhelming burden of responsibility alone in the world, tasked with a simple yet impossible duty.
- In plain terms
- She felt alone and responsible for doing basic work when everyone else was gone.
- What can you take from it?
- Isolation makes even small tasks feel heavy and unsustainable.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When do you feel alone in your work?
- What happens when responsibility is not shared?
Another view
The dream metaphor might exaggerate the feeling of total isolation.
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