Life carries on In the people I meet In everyone that's out on the street In all the dogs and cats In the flies and rats In the rot and the rust In the ashes and the dust Life carries on and on and on and on.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Life continues through all aspects of existence, from human connections to the smallest creatures and decay.
- In plain terms
- Life keeps going through everything we see and experience.
- What can you take from it?
- Existence persists through all details.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you see life continuing?
- What details matter to you?
Another view
It glosses over the suffering inherent in the cycle of life.
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