“It is very imprudent, it is tragic — but, ah, it is so beautiful! Bit by bit these poor people have given up everything else; but to this they cling with all the power of their souls — they cannot give up the veselija! To do that would mean, not merely to be defeated, but to acknowledge defeat — and the difference between these two things is what keeps the world going.”
Upton Sinclair from The Jungle
This quote reminds me of two things. One, that my life is lacking celebration at the moment. And two, that I can’t give in to feeling defeated.
(To clarify, the veselija is a Lithuanian wedding celebration.)
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