You know how there are some books that start their chapters off with a relevant quote? Well a book I'm reading on and off does that, and the last chapter I read started off with this quote:
"When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable."
-Madeleine L'Engle
Now, I've never read A Wrinkle in Time. I tried..numerous times as a kid, and I tried even harder when my younger sister read it and loved it..but it never interested me. I was at a stage in life where I preferred mysteries and autobiographies. I know...what kind of kid prefers to read autobiographies?! Seeing this quote, made me remember the book seeing as it was said by the author.
When I saw this quote...it moved me. Lately I have been feeling lost, alone, confused...and kind of like a little kid playing dress up. I have no clue what I'm doing, how can I be a mother? How can I be an adult when I still feel so much like a child. So vulnerable. Reading that quote was just what I needed..because it's so true.
You spend your childhood feeling scared and unsure...knowing that once you get older you'll be invincible. You'll have all the answers....you get a little older and start to feel slightly less confident about knowing everything but are still hopeful that maybe you just need a little more time. Then you get married, you have kids and are faced with the harsh reality that no one gave you the answers you were supposed to get. And you realize that your parents who always seemed so on top of things are sometimes just as lost as you. And it's scary...
To be alive is to be vulnerable. I love it...and it somehow makes things better. I want to paint this quote on my wall..so that every morning I can wake up and see it. I know...that's cheesy. But whatever!
Also...I think I may give A Wrinkle in Time another try...I mean why not right? :D
"When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable."
-Madeleine L'Engle
Now, I've never read A Wrinkle in Time. I tried..numerous times as a kid, and I tried even harder when my younger sister read it and loved it..but it never interested me. I was at a stage in life where I preferred mysteries and autobiographies. I know...what kind of kid prefers to read autobiographies?! Seeing this quote, made me remember the book seeing as it was said by the author.
When I saw this quote...it moved me. Lately I have been feeling lost, alone, confused...and kind of like a little kid playing dress up. I have no clue what I'm doing, how can I be a mother? How can I be an adult when I still feel so much like a child. So vulnerable. Reading that quote was just what I needed..because it's so true.
You spend your childhood feeling scared and unsure...knowing that once you get older you'll be invincible. You'll have all the answers....you get a little older and start to feel slightly less confident about knowing everything but are still hopeful that maybe you just need a little more time. Then you get married, you have kids and are faced with the harsh reality that no one gave you the answers you were supposed to get. And you realize that your parents who always seemed so on top of things are sometimes just as lost as you. And it's scary...
To be alive is to be vulnerable. I love it...and it somehow makes things better. I want to paint this quote on my wall..so that every morning I can wake up and see it. I know...that's cheesy. But whatever!
Also...I think I may give A Wrinkle in Time another try...I mean why not right? :D
1 comment:
you should totally read it. i remember loving it when i was younger and then grew up and heard that it was part of a series and was like omg what?? and so i reread it and then read the rest of the "series" and was so disappointed because i was expecting like a continuation of the story a la harry potter, etc but it was more here are other stories and some of the characters may be repeated but really don't have all that much to do with one another. it made me sad. but good quote, good book, go read.
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