Finding my voice
gathering things that help me define a voice, honouring my soul, heart and mind.
Finding my voice
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
... 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
To dedicate myself to forgetting myself.
when we stop rejecting who we are, there is freedom from the known. This freedom cultivates a space for a the meeting of who we truly are. The mind has to fall apart, for the heart to fall into place.
Create a clearing
I 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
“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
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