Sara Campbell
@tinyrevver
i never give up
Sara Campbell
saracampbell.co
You've been taught that in order to be happy, you need to
• Chase goals
• Accomplish things
• Hit milestones
Only to find that none of it really lasts.
If you want to be happy & accomplish more with less effort, find joy in everything... See more
Joe Hudsonx.com“You had to withstand a profound sense of wrongness if you ever wanted to get somewhere new”
Miranda July in All Fours
People read nonfiction to learn and to feel. My framework for ensuring a blog post accomplishes both is to start with a first draft that focuses on "novel" ideas.
A novel idea is one that's not just new to the reader, but also significant and not easily intuited. Think of it as new and worthwhile . I've identified five categories:
A novel idea is one that's not just new to the reader, but also significant and not easily intuited. Think of it as new and worthwhile . I've identified five categories:
- Counter-intuitive —
julian.com • Writing Well - Part 1 - What to Write About
To survive an enchanted world, an otherworld like the internet, we need the right kinds of stories to help us move through uncertainty and cross thresholds without losing ourselves. Folklore — the world’s vast tradition of myths, legends and fairy tales — has long offered this kind of guidance in forms that are easy to remember under pressure. Some... See more
Opinion | Your Phone Isn’t a Drug. It’s a Portal to the Otherworld.
“We cannot live in a world that is not our own, in a world that is interpreted for us by others. An interpreted world is not a home. Part of the terror is to take back our own listening, to use our own voice, to see our own light.”
Hildegard Von Bingen
Mind-body experiences, such as conscious dialogue and somatic awareness activities, are the vehicles of transformational learning. They move us toward greater insight and empathy and induce liminal states where new possibilities can emerge.
Liz Korabek-Emerson • Designing & Leading Life-Changing Workshops
We are fires too; and when the mind quiets down we can breathe more deeply and the oxygen intake goes up. We burn with a cleaner flame, and our action comes out of that flame. Instead of trying to figure out in our minds what action to take, we only need to purify the base of ourselves; the action will flow out of that.
Charlotte J. Beck • Everyday Zen: Love and Work (Plus)
This is the only form of knowledge cultivated by a bodhisattva. The knowledge of dharmas turns out to be no knowledge, and the knowledge of no knowledge turns out to be the only knowledge worth knowing.
Red Pine • The Heart Sutra
More and more it seems to me that about the best thing in life is to have a piece of work worth doing and then to do it well.