"There's a paradox with self-improvement, and it is this: the ultimate goal of all self-improvement is to reach the point where you no longer feel the need to improve yourself." ~ Mark Manson My great aunt sat next to me in the back seat of the hearse. She dug a well-manicured thumbnail into the filter of her cigarette and said, "They should just ...
Creative Culture
Beauty as Inspiration
Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them." ~ Marcus Aurelius My pulse quickened as I walked into the Musée d'Orsay's main hall, bathed in light from its stunning, Beaux-Arts, glass ceiling. I paused briefly to take in the architectural splendor and then anxiously walked toward the gallery where I had last ...
The Provenance of Becoming
Be a provenance of something gathered, a summation of previous intuitions, let your vulnerabilities walking on the cracked sliding limestone be this time, not a weakness, but a faculty for understanding what's about to happen." ~ David Whyte, excerpt from "The Seven Streams" Every morning when I sit for meditation, get out my laptop to write, ...
The Empath’s Guide to Protecting Creative Energy
If you walk in the mist, you get wet.” ~ Dogen, the great Zen master I threw up every day before school when I was in the first grade. I was painfully shy, very much an introvert, and afraid of just about everything and everyone. Oddly, though, I loved school—listening to what Ms. Brown was teaching us, as well as doing the assignments. I loved ...
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