
quotes – swissmiss

That warm glow in your chest and broadened sense of possibility are the natural, organic results of getting it right. If you make a point to pause and enjoy the moment, you can fan that spark into a sustaining fire of motivation. If you snuff it out too quickly, you extinguish not just the good feeling of the moment but your energy for the future.
Lindsay C. Gibson • Self-Care for Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: Honor Your Emotions, Nurture Your Self, and Live with Confidence
Your creative impulse is like the firefly or the butterfly. It can be evasive, but if you follow its flickering light and allow it to take you on a journey, you can catch it.
Latham Thomas • Own Your Glow
form, demonstrates “the complexities with which our brain constructs the world in and around us, because it unifies thought and language, music and imagery in a clear, manageable way, most often with play, pleasure, and emotion.”
Ivy Ross • Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
(Not Boring) Software Inc. • The World's Most Satisfying Checkbox
Sari Azout • The End of Productivity
Other people are bursting with enthusiasm to share what they do. Or calm with confidence in the place that they’ve carved out in the world. These people have a twinkle to them. Even the tired ones shimmer.
Danielle LaPorte • The Fire Starter Sessions
Maria Popova • Aloneness, Belonging, and the Paradox of Vulnerability, in Love and Creative Work
When you ignore or minimize an emotion, no matter how small or insignificant, you miss the opportunity to do something productive with that feeling.