I think in life we get very caught up in the minutia and, unfortunately, it generally takes some sort of tragedy in your life to put things in perspective.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Some people take the view that we happen by accident. I think that there is something much deeper, of which we have very little inkling at the moment.
No day-to-day mishaps or indignities can really compromise your sense of self after you've survived a deep tragedy.
I look at the human life like an experiment. Every new moment, every new experience, tragic or otherwise, is an opportunity to gain a more accurate perspective and helps lead me to clarity.
Perspective is everything when you are experiencing the challenges of life.
I think it's important to have as much as a normal life and take the time to get perspective because it only helps your work in the long run.
I think, most of us, when we look back over our lives, see perhaps moments when everything was dangerous and precarious. We're making all these mistakes, and yet somehow we make it through. It's the making it through that that interests me. To go through the valley of trouble and come out the other side. That's what we all have to do.
I really do think that any deep crisis is an opportunity to make your life extraordinary in some way.
Horrible things happen all our lives; we all experience loss and death and trauma. Usually, most people, I think, we just get on with it. We don't have a whole soliloquy in the middle of something.
Life unravels the way it does, and it has an effect on you, but you have to take responsibility for dealing with it.
Life is a series of avoiding horrible situations until ultimately you're dead. That's how I feel about things.