You know that feeling when you're leaning back in a chair, and then you lean back too far and start to fall and just at the last second you catch yourself? I feel like that all the time.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Compares a physical sensation of falling to a continuous emotional state.
- In plain terms
- I feel like I'm constantly about to fall but catch myself just in time.
- What can you take from it?
- Life often feels like a series of narrow escapes.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When do you feel like you are falling?
- Is stability actually possible?
Another view
It equates physical balance with emotional states too closely.
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