It was meant to be humorous so I'm sorry that it made you break down. That was not the intention. However, if you needed to then I guess it meant something. We often don't treat ourselves very well given our lives and histories. Learning to become one's own best friend who would never walk away on us was one thing I learned in the course. And I also realized that I am a human being. Another quote from the retreat was from a Leonard Cohen song:

Ring the bells that still can be rung.
Forget your perfect offering.
There's a crack in everything.
That's how the light gets through.

For me I realized I try to give a "perfect offering" when that is just impossible and not human to do. Acceptance of the parts that are cracked is more human and humane.