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Being alive takes time.
Mark Nepo • The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have
In contrast to our frenetic, saturated lives, the earth offers a calming stillness. Movement and growth in nature takes its time. The patience of nature enjoys the ease of trust and hope.
John O'Donohue • Divine Beauty: The Invisible Embrace
A writing example: when I look back in my notes I realize so much of what I write about today I was ruminating about 2-3 years ago. I always knew what I was going to say. I just didn’t have the tools, I didn’t have the maturity, I didn’t have the language or sensitivity to beauty to recognize what that was. So much of what I learned was latent, une... See more
Nix 🕊 • things that take time
But anything that grows your soul takes time. There are no shortcuts to hard-won insight; you can only amble your way to wisdom.
The walking cure: when an injury forced me to slow down, I learned that we can only amble our way to wisdom | Justine Toh
