Rob Tourtelot
When you wake in the night and the world is still, pay attention. When the wind shows its presence by rustling leaves, pay attention. When you take a slow deep breath and feel the beating of your own heart, pay attention. These quiet moments are secret ways in.
from The Way of the Fearless Writer: Mindful Wisdom for a Flourishing Writing Life by Beth Kempton
- What’s working, and how can we do more of it?” Sounds simple, doesn’t it? Yet, in the real world, this obvious question is almost never asked. Instead, the question we ask is more problem focused: “What’s broken, and how do we fix it?
from Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Dan Heath
- a well-observed thing can become all the more powerful placed in the right context, the right literary framing.
from Looking Closely Is Everything by Craig Mod
We're telling ourselves a story about who we are and what life is, and we're confusing this story with reality.
from How Long Is Now? by Tim Freke
The success of Morning Pages hinges on our doing them as close to awakening as we can.
from The Miracle of Morning Pages: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Most Important Artist's Way Tool: A Special from Tarcher/Penguin by Julia Cameron
After all our futile efforts to transform our ordinary minds into idealized, spiritual minds, we discover the fundamental paradox of practice is that leaving everything alone is itself what is ultimately transformative.
from Ending the Pursuit of Happiness: A Zen Guide by Barry Magid
The artist and the professional, on the other hand, have turned a corner in their minds. They have succeeded in stepping back from themselves. They have grown so bored with themselves and so sick of their petty bullshit
from Turning Pro by Steven Pressfield
Just tell your story. All of it. Forget the strategies. Start in the wrong place and end in the long place. Ramble. The goal is to return to that moment as best as possible in order to find its meaning.
from Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling by Matthew Dicks