These purblind Doomsters had as readily strown Blisses about my pilgrimage as pain.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Hardy suggests that blind forces of fate distributed both joy and pain equally throughout his life journey.
- In plain terms
- Unseen forces gave me both happiness and pain along the way.
- What can you take from it?
- Life gives both good and bad, often without reason.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Do you feel life treats you fairly?
- How do you balance good and bad times?
Another view
It attributes life events to impersonal forces rather than personal agency.
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