Bre Wiebe
@lucygoosey
Bre Wiebe
Trying to be special, different, or better requires a lot of effort and thinking. It is based on dissatisfaction with your self, and such effortful thinking now adds stress to your dissatisfaction. Realizing the Principles allows you to accept the perfection of how you are at each moment.
Dicken Bettinger • Coming Home: Uncovering the Foundations of Psychological Well-being
But motion comes with cost. That cost kills comfort. It threatens the very image you’ve spent years perfecting and it forces you to be seen half formed > trembling, trying, real. And that’s what everyone’s afraid of. Stillness feels safer because it looks complete, but completion is a coffi…So move even if no one’s watching, especially if no one’s watching.
Because you can’t cultivate a movement around your art if you have no motion.
Next time you feel low, put yourself in a growth mindset—think about learning, challenge, confronting obstacles. Think about effort as a positive, constructive force, not as a big drag.
Carol S. Dweck • Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
The passion for stretching yourself and sticking to it, even (or especially) when it’s not going well, is the hallmark of the growth mindset. This is the mindset that allows people to thrive during some of the most challenging times in their lives.
Carol S. Dweck • Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
However, this moment is more than a reflection of our day-to-day life—it is a deep reminder for us to pause and to be present to the details of the everyday.
Patricia Donegan • Haiku Mind: 108 Poems to Cultivate Awareness and Open Your Heart
our instinct is to rush through anything that doesn’t feel instantly meaningful. the second a moment feels slow, we distract ourselves. we pick up our phone, start planning the next thing, or tell ourselves the real day will begin once we’re being productive again. but some of the most quietly meaningful moments don’t announce themselves. they need... See more
Our attention is sacred. It’s an act of worship in itself. An act of spiritual, mental, and emotional formation. When you give something your attention – a movie, a conversation, a project at work – you’re declaring it the most important thing in your life. It may sound dramatic, but at its core, it’s true. When you pay attention to something,... See more
Grace Capobianco • What We Talk About When We Talk About God
Start small and learn fast. Your first move doesn't need to be perfect; it just needs to teach you something. Focus more on the next small step that moves you closer to the goal.
Motion creates momentum, and momentum reveals opportunities that standing still never could.
Motion creates momentum, and momentum reveals opportunities that standing still never could.
Brain Food: Greats Don't Wait
To live a life of gratitude is to open our eyes to the countless ways in which we are supported by the world around us. Such a life provides less space for our suffering because our attention is more balanced.