I typically have a few ways to catch interesting phrases that people speak. One is a folder on my desk. It holds scribbled notes that inspire on this or that for the connective brain and heart. Another is my inbox. Some random stuff there that occasionally dries with aromatic scent.
Today, Tuesday — three things that move my imagination.
- The phrase I just read from the 1440 news digest. It’s the jazz musician Miles Davis.
“I’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning … Every day I find something creative to do with my life.”
Yup. I like the call to create. I like it for the creation — words, art, music, movement, etc. I like it as antidote to destructive noise so prevalent in contemporary reality. I like it for a centering feeling.
as - Then there’s my buddy Glen who is good for wise phrases on the spot. I don’t remember who he was quoting, but it goes like this from our recent call:
“Every stage of life is developmental.”
Glen and I were talking about the new things we are each learning in our respective late 50s and early 60s. We were talking about confusions and clarities. In early life, development is quite physically obvious — you grow a foot at some point. Later, the development is still substantial. Just less visible.
as - Then there’s a pastor that I’m often in conversation with. Michael is someone I enjoy a lot. What he spoke in a recent call, on foolishness…
“I’d rather tell the truth and risk looking like a fool than not tell the truth and be a fool.”
Amen. We were talking courage. And in particular, courage to stand in uniqueness, to stand clear with what comes through our more intuitive knowing.
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Tuesday potpourri. To bring some beauty, some learning, some wonder.
Love these quotes! We need every bit of encouragement we can to get up and do what is ours to do. And so here is a favoratie quote of mine from my friend Tenneson. “Your job is to do your real work and not fuss about the rest.” Or something like that… a version of what our friend Marie Dumais told us when we were in Australia and worried about how we and the circle were going to make it. She said, “You are doing what Spirit asked you to do, and you will be taken care of.”
Or Mary Oliver’s Instructions “Pay attention. Be astronished. Tell about it.”
Indeed Christina. Thank you. I love the way you drop in here and there.
Today I quoted my friend Christina — “The shorted distance between two people is a story.” That and a few lines from Storycatcher.
On it goes, flows.