Things have dropped from me. I have outlived certain desires; I have lost friends, some by death... others through sheer inability to cross the street.
Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Life involves losing desires and friends over time through death or circumstance.
- In plain terms
- Over time I lost desires and friends to death or distance.
- What can you take from it?
- Accept that life involves loss of people and desires.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What have you lost with time?
- How do you cope with loss?
Another view
It focuses only on loss and not on gains.
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