Week Two: Resonant Phrases

Here are the ideas that jumped out at me during the second week's reading:

"Self hate commonly appears in the maske of self doubt."

"Creativity flourishes when we have a sense of self acceptance."

"You will be led to new sources of support as you begin to support yourself."

"The essential element to nurturing our creativity lies in nurturing ourselves."

"It is easier to write than not write, to paint than not paint, etc."

"We need to be willing to let our intuition guid us, and then be willing to follow that guidance directly and fearlessly."

"Blocked creatives are crazy and self destructive... willing to go to any length to avoid being blocked."

"The greatest barrier to an expanded life is our own deeply held skepticism."

"Creative recovery is . . . open-mindedness."

"Survival lies in sanity and sanity lies in paying attention."

"Success or failure, the truth of a life has little to do with its quality [here quality means access to wealth]. The quality of life is in proportion, always, to the capacity for delight. The capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention."

"The reward for paying attention is healing... finally, the pain that underlies all pain, that we are unutterably alone... Attention is an act of connection."

"Pain becomes something more valuable: Experience."

Think on these phrases; I hope you find something here that inspires you!