Change Quote by Mark Nepo
““Every crack is also an opening. When in the midst of great change, it is helpful to remember how a chick is born. From the view of the chick, it is a terrifying struggle. Confined and curled in a dark shell, half-formed, the chick eats all its food and stretches to the contours of its shell. It begins to feel hungry and cramped. Eventually, the chick begins to starve and feels suffocated by the ever-shrinking space of its world. Finally, its own growth begins to crack the shell, and the world as the chick knows it is coming to an end. Its sky is falling. As the chick wriggles through the cracks, it begins to eat its shell. In that moment—growing but fragile, starving and cramped, its world breaking—the chick must feel like it is dying. Yet once everything it has relied on falls away, the chick is born. It doesn't die, but falls into the world.””
About This Quote
Source Book: The Book of Awakening, 2000
Cracks in life are opportunities for transformation, like a chick breaking its shell to be born
In simple terms: Hardship can lead to growth and rebirth
Key Takeaway
Embrace cracks as growth points
Themes
transformation
growth
adversity
Mood
hopeful
introspective
Type
philosophical
inspirational
When to use this quote
- personal crisis
- career change
- spiritual awakening
Key Concepts
Metamorphosis
liminality
Questions to Reflect On
- What cracks are you facing?
- How can you use current pain to grow?
A Different Perspective
Painful change can be necessary for new beginnings
