Helen Keller said" Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow".What do you think she meant?
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Answer:
Obviously, Helen Keller was using "sunshine" and "shadow" metaphorically. Keeping one's face to the sunshine is a metaphor for maintaining a positive, optimistic outlook on life. And what Keller is saying is that maintaining a positive, optimistic attitude to life is the best way to avoid being overtaken by negative, pessimistic thoughts. The literal reading would be that if you face the sun, you will never see your own shadow, because your shadow will always fall behind you when you are in that position.
Explanation:
Sunshine is life itself. The unpredictable, difficult, maddening, vexing, tear-you-to-pieces thing called life. Yet for all its negatives you should not turn your back on life. Face it and keep trying to make it through each day. You will probably find that the road you paved yesterday has been dug up again tomorrow. Such is the nature of life, but does not mean that you don’t take up the tools and start paving again. And shadows are your past and what you left behind. Your regrets, failures, mistakes, crimes and every moment that you wish you could have again and do better perhaps. Looking at the perpetual sun that is life will also help you move past your own limitations and draw energy to keep trying.