Watching storms Start to form Over America. Can't do anything. Just watch them swing With the wind Out to sea.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker watches storms form over America but feels unable to change them.
- In plain terms
- I watch the storms but cannot stop them.
- What can you take from it?
- Sometimes we must witness trouble without acting.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What can you not change?
- How do you watch events?
Another view
It implies a passive stance that may invite criticism.
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