“Time is the substance I am made of. Time is a river which sweeps me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger which destroys me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire which consumes me, but I am the fire.”
What this quote means
Borges expresses a profound vision of identity: we are not separate from time; we are made of it. Time is not an enemy that destroys us but a constitutive force of our being. This poetic meditation invites us to accept our temporal nature and find peace in the relentless flow of life.
How to apply it daily
Reflect on a moment when you struggled against the passage of time, and try to embrace it as part of yourself.
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