poetry in motion
it’s all about action
poetry in motion
"To be courageous is not necessarily to go anywhere or do anything, except to make conscious those things we already feel deeply and then to live through the unending vulnerabilities of those consequences."
—David Whyte
a pattern I’ve noticed with people who try to “optimize” their lives:
they (and really I mean “we”) want to do things in an extraordinary way, and figure out the best path to approach & achieve their goals
but this desire to optimize usually doesn’t come from love, it comes from fear: fear... See more
scott 🌞x.comA sense of purpose doesn’t come from thinking about it. It comes from taking action that moves you toward the future. The moment you do this, you activate a force more powerful than the desire to avoid pain. We call this the “Force of Forward Motion.”
Phil Stutz • The Tools: 5 Tools to Help You Find Courage, Creativity, and Willpower--and Inspire You to Live Life in Forward Motion
Goethe's couplets: "Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, magic, and power in it. Begin it now."
Steven Pressfield • The War of Art
