Finding my voice
gathering things that help me define a voice, honouring my soul, heart and mind.
Finding my voice
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As an individual, get really good at being intentional with where you put your energy, letting go as quickly as you can of things that aren’t part of your visionary life’s work. Then you can give your all, from a well-resourced place, when the storm comes, or for those last crucial miles.
adrienne maree brown • Emergent Strategy
An Idea Whose Time Has Come
As a quote attributed to Victor Hugo, the French dramatist and nov. elist, puts it, "Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come." "Less but better" is a principle whose time has come.
Everything changes when we give ourselves permission to be more selective in what we choose to do. At once, we hold the key t
... See moreAs I see it then, the formula runs something like this: a man must choose a path which will let his ABILITIES function at maximum efficiency toward the gratification of his DESIRES. In doing this, he is fulfilling a need (giving himself identity by functioning in a set pattern toward a set goal), he avoids frustrating his potential (choosing a path... See more
Farnam Street • Hunter S. Thompson’s Letter on Finding Your Purpose and Living a Meaningful Life
“I believe that I am loved beyond measure by a magnificent, complex, amused God who has given me power over practically nothing.”
“Writing gave me the thing that meditation promised, but I could never have it happen in meditation until very recently where time stops or changes, and I’m here but not here.”
“What if I’m not on duty all the time? What i
... See moreI used to be a parrot, echoing other people's ideas, opinions, and beliefs, because I wasn’t sure of my own. I thought that by ‘borrowing’ and mimicking, I’d be more likeable, it’d be easier to seem cool, clever, or to belong. Looking back now, it gives me the ick—the amount of shit I nodded along to, gross. I think I was scared of looking stupid, ... See more
Zoe Scaman • Forty Years, Forty Lessons
Create a clearing
Good old Ricky Rubin
Tilda Swinton on Collective Comfort | SXSW 2023
youtube.comlead the charge for faith in collective comfort – to remove the fantasy and pressure from an individualistic culture
TS talking about the pressure of claiming ‘one’ identity, and the liberation that can come with riding all the different landscapes we get taken on