Reminders for myself
Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.
Rumi
Sometimes disengaging is the best way to engage.
Rick Rubin

Direction of Your Dreams
"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. He will put some things behind, will pass an invisible boundary; new, universal, and more liberal laws will begin to establish themselves around and within
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“My dear,
In the midst of hate, I found there was,
within me, an invincible love.
In the midst of tears, I found there was,
within me, an invincible smile.
In the midst of chaos, I found there was,
within me, an invincible calm…
In the midst of winter, I found there was,
within me, an invincible summer.
And that makes me happy. For it says
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They told us productivity would set us free. So we organized and optimized and checked all the boxes. We became very good at being very busy.
But in the quiet moments between tasks, I felt something missing. Not the missing of empty inboxes or completed lists. The missing of wonder. Of discovery. Of the slow, sacred act of paying attention.
So I buil
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