So, I feel that when you read The Color Purple, no matter what is happening in your life or how difficult the whole huge miasma of sorrow that seems to be growing, there's a way that you can see through the life of Celie, that if you can continue and if you can stay connected to nature and also to your highest sense of behavior toward yourself and toward other people, if you can really keep that struggle going -- you may not always win it. ... And so, what you learn is that life can be really hard. People can abuse you, people can, you know, take advantage of you in terrible ways, but there is something in the human spirit that’s actually equal to that and can actually overcome that, and that is the teaching of The Color Purple.- Alice Walker
The above quote is copied from Democracy Now, you can read the whole interview with Alice Walker at "I am a Renegade, an Outlaw, a Pagan" - Author, Poet and Activist Alice Walker in Her Own Words.
I have been depressed about the various professional and personal situtations that I am in. However, when I heard these words, I felt that there is hope. I felt that there is something within me that can overcome the sorrow. That something will help me to live the highest standard of my sense of being, to see things in different light, to live through my sorrow with a smile.
I hope that one day, I will overcome my situtations. I also hope you can find that in you in times of sorrow.
