A quote by Joseph Campbell
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A quote by Joseph Campbell
THE EASY PATH WILL ONLY TAKE YOU TO A CROWDED PLACE
Scott Belsky • The Messy Middle: Finding Your Way Through the Hardest and Most Crucial Part of Any Bold Venture
Success is never a straight line; it is a maze. It is only looking backwards that we can connect the dots and establish a clear path from where we started to where we are now. What that retroactive path never shows is all of the moments in between the dots. It never shows all of the people you met, and all of the interactions you had, that created
... See moreBrian Miller • Three New People: Make the Most of Your Daily Interactions and Stop Missing Amazing Opportunities
“If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it's not your path. Your own path you make with every step you take. That's why it's your path.”
Sari Az • Check your Pulse #49
Joseph Campbell’s words ring so true here: “If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it's not your path. Your own path you make with every step you take. That's why it's your path.”
Looking back won’t serve you. Looking above won’t serve you. The trick is to look ahead, like a biker riding into the sunset, with light... See more
Looking back won’t serve you. Looking above won’t serve you. The trick is to look ahead, like a biker riding into the sunset, with light... See more
Sari Az • Check your Pulse #49
When Joseph Campbell uttered his famous maxim, “Follow your bliss,” he was speaking a partial truth. It is important to follow your bliss, and it can take courage, but if that’s all you do, you’ll just get blissed out. From a spiritual perspective, it can be more valid to say, “Follow your fear.” But similarly, if that’s all you do, you’ll just get
... See moreAndrew Holecek • Dream Yoga: Illuminating Your Life Through Lucid Dreaming and the Tibetan Yogas of Sleep
if we can see the path ahead laid out for us, there is a good chance it is not our path; it is probably someone else’s we have substituted for our own. Our own path must be deciphered every step of the way.