Sara Campbell
@tinyrevver
i never give up
Sara Campbell
saracampbell.co
You don't find yourself through planning, you find yourself through acting. The path is found in the action.
Act and adapt, don't think and plan.
Act and adapt, don't think and plan.
An Open Letter to My Lost Younger Self
Not all questions seek answers, some seek journeys.
Action comes out of a silent mind—it is the most beautiful thing in the world. Activity comes out of a restless mind—it is the ugliest. Action is when it has relevance; activity is irrelevant. Action is moment to moment, spontaneous; activity is loaded with the past. It is not a response to the present moment, rather, it is pouring your restlessnes
... See moreOsho • Creativity: Unleashing the Forces Within (Osho Insights for a New Way of Living)
action vs activity is an interesting frame
when an object is in motion it will basically stay in motion. This is what we refer to as momentum. This is why small steps can be so valuable. They offer momentum at a fairly low cost.
Gregg Krech • The Art of Taking Action: Lessons from Japanese Psychology
Any action is often better than no action, especially if you have been stuck in an unhappy situation for a long time. If it is a mistake, at least you learn something, in which case it’s no longer a mistake.
Eckhart Tolle • The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
(Emotion and motivation share the same Latin root, movere, which means "to move.")
Jonah Lehrer • How We Decide
Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative [or creation] there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too.
Julia Cameron • The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
A sense of purpose doesn’t come from thinking about it. It comes from taking action that moves you toward the future. The moment you do this, you activate a force more powerful than the desire to avoid pain. We call this the “Force of Forward Motion.”
Phil Stutz • The Tools: 5 Tools to Help You Find Courage, Creativity, and Willpower--and Inspire You to Live Life in Forward Motion
the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. I have learned a deep respect for one of Goethe’s couplets: “Whatever you can
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