"And when our baby stirs and struggles to be born it compels humility: what we began is now its own"
- Margaret Mead
About this Quote
In this quote, Margaret Mead is reflecting on the experience of giving birth and the extensive impact it has on an individual's sense of self. She describes the moment when a baby stirs and has a hard time to be born as a humbling experience, one that requires us to acknowledge the power and autonomy of another being. Mead suggests that this moment of birth marks a substantial shift in our understanding of ourselves, as we realize that the life we have actually developed is now its own entity, different from us. This awareness can influence a sense of humbleness and awe, as we witness the wonder of brand-new life and our function in bringing it into the world.
This quote is written / told by Margaret Mead between December 16, 1901 and November 15, 1978. She was a famous Scientist from USA.
The author also have 38 other quotes.
"All the evidence that we have indicates that it is reasonable to assume in practically every human being, and certainly in almost every newborn baby, that there is an active will toward health, an impulse towards growth, or towards the actualization"
"I'm saddened to see that everyone's pitched out the baby with the bath, in that we say that it can't be one or the other, it could be both. I mean, just because we listen to classical music doesn't mean that we can't listen to jazz"
"How come life is so important in the nine months before birth, but then we sort of forget about the importance, we're not worried about whether that baby lives in poverty once he or she is born"
"In fact I have nightmares about having children. I want to carry a baby and feel the life within me and in my dream, I do. But every time after it's born, there's this incredible fear, this pounding pulse of fear. It's a real bad nightmare"
