Rob Tourtelot
@rtourtelot
Rob Tourtelot
But getting older is hard. It is a gift, yes, but it is also heavy. Just as the doors of possibility become fewer and farther between, the burden of grief gets bigger. As the years pass, our losses in life accumulate, threatening to weigh us down. It takes active effort—breaths, walks, conversations with friends, rest—to slow down and remember tha
... See moreKatie Hawkins Gaar • Is This It? This is It.
Understanding that nothing is permanent will have us understand that this moment will never be again - there may be similar moments, there may be more beautiful or uglier moments, but this specific moment will never be again. When we know this, being present and seeing meaning even in the most mundane of things becomes very easy because every momen... See more
Naida • Ten Ways to Breathe Meaning into Existence
My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations.
– Michael J. Fox
What if you gave yourself the gift of inner acceptance? What would it open up for you?
What if you gave yourself the gift of inner acceptance?
Imagine that you're passing a lazy afternoon at a sidewalk café on a mild spring day, sipping your drink, chatting with a couple of friends, and watching the cars go by. That's easy. In fact, it's effort-less: the cars just go wherever they go, and you're happily unem-ployed. But now suppose that for some reason you suddenly fall under the delusion
... See moreDean Sluyter • Natural Meditation
"good writing is about telling the truth. We are a species that needs and wants to understand who we are."
Anne Lamott • Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
“Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and being alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You have to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up. And when it happens that you are broken, or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or... See more
No Part Of Yourself Is Unworthy.
This is the trick to telling a big story: it cannot be about anything big. Instead we must find the small, relatable, comprehensible moments in our larger stories. We must find the piece of the story that people can connect to, relate to, and understand.
Dan Kennedy • Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling
Little moments hidden inside big moments. That’s what we need to find to tell a big story well.