A repetition is the re-enactment of past experience toward the end of isolating the time segment which has lapsed in order that it, the lapsed time, can be savored of itself and without the usual adulteration of events that clog time like peanuts in brittle. [citation needed]
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Repetition allows us to savor a specific moment of time by isolating it from the flow of events.
- In plain terms
- Doing things again helps you appreciate the time itself.
- What can you take from it?
- Repetition helps us slow down and appreciate moments.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What moments do you replay in your mind?
- Does repetition enhance or dull your experience?
Another view
It romanticizes repetition which can also feel stagnant.
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