Reba Mcentire: Climbing Over The Wall Of Life

Climbing Over the Wall of Life

You have to have three things to succeed in life as McEntire says, “To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone, and a funny bone” (McEntire). Reba McEntire could always say great things about life. Her family were very strong hearted people who taught her how to survive life. What this quote means to me is that if you cannot wish for things, stand up for yourself, nor have humor, then you are destined to fail in life.
McEntire’s words are basically the definition of life. Life is like a big wall that you have to climb over if you want to be successful. What Reba is saying is that you have to have a wishbone, a backbone, and a funny bone to get over that wall. As you get older in life, that wall is never going to get shorter. It will keep getting taller and taller, and it will feel as if you will never get to the top to climb over. However, when you have the three things that Reba said you need in order to succeed in life, that wall will turn into a tiny mouse that you can just walk over.
Reba says that people need a wish bone meaning that you need to have a wish, a want, a need, a dream, or something else to serve as motivation and a goal for you to strive towards success. She also says that people need a backbone. This means that you need to have endurance, fortitude, self-confidence, or something to keep you going when life gets tough and you face opposition. McEntire also says that people need a funny bone. The meaning of the funny bone is that you need to have a sense of humor, a desire to look for a bright cloud behind all of the dark clouds. You need something to put a smile on your face when you want to run away and feel sorry for