Rob Tourtelot
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
- Much as working with a piano teacher is not, fundamentally, about learning songs, but about using songs to push yourself; I now think of our projects, not as ends in themselves, but as means to help us improve the underlying process and ourselves. This helps put me in the right frame of mind. I want this essay to turn out well, of course. But the g... See more
from On limitations that hide in your blindspot
- It begins to feel as though you’re failing at life, in some indistinct way, if you’re not treating your time off as an investment in your future. Sometimes this pressure takes the form of the explicit argument that you ought to think of your leisure hours as an opportunity to become a better worker (“Relax! You’ll Be More Productive,” reads the hea... See more
from Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Once we see that the goal of awakening is to be conscious of both our separate identity as a person and our essential identity as awareness, it becomes much easier to wake up to oneness.
from How Long Is Now? by Tim Freke
Grief, when it comes is nothing like we expect it to be. Joan Didion
- We will benefit from giving ourselves and others the benefit of the doubt as we navigate our understanding of ourselves and of others. We need to reach for grace as we weave in and out of what is me and what is you, and what is us.
from Notes & Highlights for How We Show Up by Mia Birdsong
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
Little moments hidden inside big moments. That’s what we need to find to tell a big story well.
from Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling by Matthew Dicks
When embarking on a great project, start where you are with something small. JAPANESE PROVERB
from The Way of the Fearless Writer: Mindful Wisdom for a Flourishing Writing Life by Beth Kempton