Forest Linden
@forestlinden
Eternal learner, rabbit holer, curator, and synthesizer. Father, husband, my dog's human, and wilderness wanderer. I write only when I have something worth saying and try to help people through my writing.
Forest Linden
Stop asking yourself what you want, what you desire, what interests you. Ask yourself instead, “what has been given to me?” Ask, “What do I have to give back?” Then act.
-Cheryl Strayed
If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you don’t bring forth what is within you, what you don’t bring forth will destroy you.”—Gospel of Thomas.)
Elizabeth Gilbert • Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
While you are at it, make your art. Do the stuff that only you can do.
jamesclear.com • “Make Good Art” by Neil Gaiman
... See moreThere is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is
"There is freedom in constraints."
- Timothy Keller
As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.
-Rumi
In other words, clarity doesn’t come before action.
It comes from action.
Your success is directly proportional to the amount of times you say, “Fuck it. I’ll figure it out.”
~Unknown
Think you’re escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home.
-James Joyce
... See moreWe create more than ever, but it weighs nothing.
AI now promises results without the reckoning, but frictionless creation leads to weightless rewards. No one dreams of merely pushing a button to generate their magnum opus. The output matters, but the intention, the struggle, the care is what makes it count — what gives it weight…
Weight is tangible i