Sublime

think of “personality” as a strategy for “getting out of childhood alive.”

Therapists who are trained to see people as complex human beings with multiple characteristics and potentialities can help them explore their system of inner parts and take care of the wounded facets of themselves.

Now, in the light of my “discovery,” I began to shift my attention to how effective I was at enabling the musicians to play each phrase as beautifully as they were capable.

In the measurement world, you set a goal and strive for it. In the universe of possibility, you set the context and let life unfold.

Suppose for a moment that vital, expressive energy flows everywhere, that it is the medium for the existence of life, and that any block to participating in that vitality lies within ourselves.

all the energy would be focused on chipping away at the stone, getting rid of whatever is in the way of each child’s developing skills, mastery, and self-expression.

The Art of Possibility by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander:

person stands in the great space of possibility in a posture of openness, with an unfettered imagination for what can be.