If I don't do anything that also ruins lives Beginning with your own Maybe Because you need children. Don't you? I don't know if I could ever do that again. Now that I know what it does to you when you lose one. Is it worse than losing a parent? Yes Worse than losing yourself? I've never lost myself
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker struggles with the idea of having children after knowing the pain of losing a child.
- In plain terms
- I don't know if I could have kids after knowing how much it hurts to lose one.
- What can you take from it?
- Knowing pain can stop you from taking risks.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you decide to have kids?
- What is worse than losing a child?
Another view
This assumes everyone views children primarily through the lens of loss.
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