'Land': Life is filled with holes Johnny's laying there in his sperm coffin The angel looks down at him and says 'Oh, pretty boy Can't you show me nothing but surrender?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Life is depicted as incomplete, with a dying figure asked to show surrender rather than beauty.
- In plain terms
- Life has gaps and a dying person is asked to show surrender not prettiness.
- What can you take from it?
- Accept vulnerability and surrender when facing mortality.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What does surrender mean to you?
- How do you face the end?
Another view
Demanding surrender may ignore the dignity in facing death.
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