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5 Metaphors That Teach Us Powerful Life Lessons
If applied can change your life
The enriched life has gained important lessons about what makes life worthwhile.
And much of the lessons about life can come from metaphors.
Metaphors help us compare life to other things in a way that we think about life differently. They help us develop new perspectives on challenges, and can serve as a source of encouragement and motivation.
This article presents 5 metaphors that help you uniquely make sense of life.
The Weight of The Glass
A professor walked into his class one day, filled a glass cup with water, raised the glass over his head, and asked the students, “How heavy do you think this glass of water I’m holding is?”
The students shouted out different answers, trying to guess the weight of the glass cup.
But after a few moments, the professor turned to the students and said:
From my perspective, the absolute weight of this glass is irrelevant. It all depends on how long I hold it. If I hold it for a minute or two, it’s fairly light. If I hold it for an hour straight, its weight might make my arm ache. If I hold it for a day straight, my arm will likely cramp up and feel completely…
