quote of the day

[topaz]

Spotted in a friend's journal:

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.

--Joseph Campbell

Oof. Yeah.

Comments

[qwrrty.livejournal.com]

What I think the quote means -- at any rate, what it means to me -- is that "the life that is waiting" is the one that you're in, right here, right now. As opposed to "the life that is planned," which is somewhere over the horizon, or may even feel just within reach and yet somehow eludes you every time you think you're there.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

"The devil laughs when we make plans."