“When you are in the middle of a story it isn't a story at all, but only a confusion; a dark roaring, a blindness, a wreckage of shattered glass and splintered wood; like a house in a whirlwind, or else a boat crushed by the icebergs or swept over the rapids.”
This quote captures the chaos of living a story in progress, where you don't yet see the meaning. It resonates with our experience of difficult times when everything seems confusing and without exit. In life, it reminds us that clarity often comes later, with hindsight. It applies when we are in the midst of turmoil and doubt what comes next.
When overwhelmed by chaos, write one line about what you're experiencing, then imagine how you'll tell it five years from now.
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