Natalie Audelo
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Natalie Audelo
What you call a demon we just call another normal moment in the endless thought-storm that is a human mind. Do you want the thought storm to end? Oh, it will, sweetie, at the conclusion of your life. But until then, your mind will do what minds do — it will chew at itself, it will tumult about, it will feel joy and pride and awe, but also terror a... See more
LETTERS FROM LOVE — With Special Guest Rachel Cargle!
It’s helpful to think in terms of: it’s only play. We’re here to play. We’re here to have fun. And to use the feedback of, you know, sometimes failure is the thing you need to know to get to where you’re going. So if you try to solve a problem 10 ways and they all fail, you can either decide I’m a failure or you can decide, okay, I’m now 10 method
... See moreOn Being • Rick Rubin — Magic, Everyday Mystery, and Getting Creative
I was shocked when I realized that I actually wasn’t envious of Gilbert’s professional success. I admired it, but it wasn’t what had triggered me. What ignited my envy was the fact that she was doing the work that she wanted to do and was willing to chart her own course in a way I had been afraid to do.
Kirsten Powers • How I Tamed My Envy of Almost Everyone but Especially Elizabeth Gilbert
Often when people are stuck in life it’s because they’re holding out for the delusional possibility of a costless way of getting what they want, instead of just paying the cost
Sasha Chapinx.com"When you choose the benefits of an action, you also choose the drawbacks.
If you want to be an author, you can't only choose the finished novel and book signings. You are also choosing months of lonely typing. If you want to be a bodybuilder, you can't only choose the fit body and attention. You are also choosing the boring meals and calorie count... See more
If you want to be an author, you can't only choose the finished novel and book signings. You are also choosing months of lonely typing. If you want to be a bodybuilder, you can't only choose the fit body and attention. You are also choosing the boring meals and calorie count... See more
3-2-1: On the hidden costs of success, how to deal with challenges, and the joy of shared experiences
Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
– William Fitzjames Oldham
– William Fitzjames Oldham
333 / Knowingness: a modern disease
Dear Mr. Nadeau:... See more
As long as there is one upright man, as long as there is one compassionate woman, the contagion may spread and the scene is not desolate. Hope is the thing that is left to us, in a bad time. I shall get up Sunday morning and wind the clock, as a contribution to order and steadfastness.
Sailors have an expression about the weather:
E.B. White • E.B. White’s Beautiful Letter to a Man Who Had Lost Faith in Humanity
Only that nothing works out the way you plan, which is a blessing every hour. Life always takes a different form, if only because life will always be more imaginative — deeper, wiser, more surprising — than you are.