Erlank Pienaar
@erlank
•leave•no•path•untaken•
Erlank Pienaar
twitter.com
One of the few things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it,
play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good
for a later place in the book, or for another book; give it, give it all, give it
now. The impulse to save something good for a better place later is the
signal to spend it now. Something more will
... See moreOn creating a Body Of Work as you progress in discovering what you’re thinking of and why you’re thinking of it, then becoming the person who realises that you’re not a fixed entity, but creating yourself anew as you bravely stumble along unbecoming the default mimesis that is hiding your true and ever emergent self.
“We cannot live the afternoon of life according to the program of life's morning, for what was great in the morning will be little at evening, and what in the morning was true, at evening will have become a lie.”
— Carl Jung
You are caught in the river of life’s expectations. For you to be alive and knowingly flow with the stream of consciousness, riding the crest of the wave into the future of creation becoming aware of itself through your courageous exploration and the difficult assimilation of life’s lessons, traumas and all. Hanging on to excessive, heavy,
... See moreWriter and scholar C.S. Lewis on what why small choices matter:
“Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance. The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may be able to go on to victories you never... See more
“Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance. The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may be able to go on to victories you never... See more
James Clear • 3-2-1: Two ways to grow, how to criticize, and a simple recipe for finding good opportunities
As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you
are fundamentally at war with yourself..
The critical issue is allowing yourself to know what you
know. That takes an enormous amount of courage.
— Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score
Own your past. Your life is your lesson. Don’t lie to yourself. In your shadow is your gold.
Poet and writer Joseph Brodsky on how to deal with the critics, detractors, and negative influences in your life:
“Try not to pay attention to those who will try to make life miserable for you. There will be a lot of those — in the official capacity as well as the self-appointed. Suffer them if you can’t escape them, but once you have steered clear... See more
“Try not to pay attention to those who will try to make life miserable for you. There will be a lot of those — in the official capacity as well as the self-appointed. Suffer them if you can’t escape them, but once you have steered clear... See more
James Clear • 3-2-1: What Top Performers Do, and How to Deal With Critics and Detractors
Un-Trolling Your Life
The most intelligent men, like the strongest, find their happiness where others would find only disaster: in the labyrinth, in being hard with themselves and with others, in effort; their delight is in self-mastery; in them asceticism becomes second nature, a necessity, an instinct. They regard a difficult task as a privilege; it is to them a
... See more“I’m not telling you to make the world better, because I don’t think that progress is necessarily part of the package. I’m just telling you to live in it. Not just to endure it, not just to suffer it, not just to pass through it, but to live in it. To look at it. To try to get the picture. To live recklessly. To take chances. To make your own work... See more
Tina Roth Eisenberg • quotes – Page 7 – swissmiss
Only you can change the world. If only I can convince every single human on earth simultaneously of this fact. Life goal.
“It can be hard to appreciate just how much the world will give you what you want after you stop waiting for it to give you what you deserve.
Stop waiting for the world to recognize your potential; start giving the world something positive. Don’t wait for a friend’s apology; reach out and reconnect. Instead of waiting for the perfect partner, become... See more
Stop waiting for the world to recognize your potential; start giving the world something positive. Don’t wait for a friend’s apology; reach out and reconnect. Instead of waiting for the perfect partner, become... See more