Rob Tourtelot
Over and over again we will have to do this. We will forget. Farther down the path, tomorrow, or perhaps later today, we will forget about stillness. And when we do, we will have lost the thread. Without this central practice, none of it will make any sense.
from The Wisdom of Yoga by Stephen Cope
You can do this now by focusing on the feeling that there is much more to life than you understand.
from How Long Is Now? by Tim Freke
Always provide a physical location for every moment of your story.
from Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling by Matthew Dicks
- “3 tips for getting started as a writer:
1. Publish on a schedule. Consistency develops ability.
2. Share your writing publicly. Writing is a magnet. It attracts like-minded people.
3. Write about what fascinates you. You don't need to be an expert. Curiosity leads to expertise.”from 3 Ideas, 2 Quotes, 1 Question (January 16, 2020) | James Clear by James Clear
- Sometimes this takes the shape of resistance: I decide a feeling or a situation is bad on the spot and start to fight back before I know what’s there. Other times, this takes the shape of discomfort and shame: I am feeling a new way, so something must be wrong .
from Tolerating Unknowns Will Make You Stronger by Heather Havrilesky
Indeed, when Kant's friend Funk died, he found himself forced to confront what is in some ways the ultimate example of the instant of change: the fact that all that we love will pass, including life itself. Even more poignantly, the very ineradicable nature of that constant, irresistible erosion of the present is what endows our life and the attach
... See morefrom The Rigor of Angels by William Egginton
- An enlightened being sees their agony without diminishing its reality. In other words, it doesn’t just turn away from it—but, on the other hand, simultaneously sees everything, including that agony [and] including hell, actually, as bubbles of bliss in an ocean of bliss. That’s the kind of cognitive dissonance that the ordinary mind cannot get arou... See more
from Nirvana and Samsara Are the Same Thing - Sounds True
The other way of discovering the meaning of a moment is to ask yourself why you do the things you do.
from Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling by Matthew Dicks
- The space between stories is an invitation to sit with mystery and the uncertainty it holds.
from Belonging and Butterflies in Times of Breakdown by Emerge