Michaela Petrova
@michaelapetrova
Michaela Petrova
You don't need a goal, you need a theme:
"With a theme, happiness becomes more about how you behave rather than what you achieve. Life is not a series of wins and losses. Though our highs and lows may shock us, lift us up, and forever shape our memories, they do not define us. Most of life happens in the in-between,... See more
There’s a wonderful letter Chekhov wrote to his brother Alexander about the meaning of grace, how grace is when you make the least number of movements between two points – and that type of athletic prose has always appealed to me, coupled with light-handedness and restraint. Elegance, to me, is writing just enough. And, as James Baldwin said, in
... See more"The shortest answer is doing the thing." - Ernest Hemingway
Stop talking about the thing. Stop asking about the thing. Stop gathering more information about the thing.
Just do the thing.
Stop talking about the thing. Stop asking about the thing. Stop gathering more information about the thing.
Just do the thing.
When you’re focused on something few others are thinking about, you find yourself constantly making the case to yourself and others that your vision is worth pursuing and worthy of other people’s attention. This ongoing need to justify your work creates a significant emotional overhead.
Yancey Strickler • When Your Purpose Is 1-of-1
remember these fears are false even though they feel real. Whatever you have been through in your mission or your community that has imprinted these fears is not true about who you are.
Chris McAlister • Figure That Shift Out
A woman's lowest calling is to seduce and separate man from his soul and leave him aimlessly wandering.
A woman’s highest calling is to lead man to his soul and unite him with source.
A man's lowest calling is to ambush and force way into life of woman.
Man’s highest calling is to protect woman so she is free to walk the Earth unharmed.
— Cherokee
... See moreBut we also hoard ideas because if one suddenly succeeds, then we suddenly have to live up to the idea. A good idea alone is not terribly hard to come up with. But a break-through good idea, one that really hits and starts to spread, where many people want to know more... Well, suddenly that’s just another test, a test where you could very well... See more