“Walking on these streets, until the night falls, my life feels to me like the life they have. By day they’re full of meaningless activity; by night, they’re full of meaningless lack of it. By day I am nothing, and by night I am I. There is no difference between me and these streets, save they being streets and I a soul, which perhaps is irrelevant when we consider the essence of things” FeelsSoulNightFallDifferencesStreetsWalkingActivityEssenceMeaninglessIrrelevantThese Streets Author:Fernando Pessoa
“I believe the first draft of a book — even a long one — should take no more than three months…Any longer and — for me, at least — the story begins to take on an odd foreign feel, like a dispatch from the Romanian Department of Public Affairs, or something broadcast on high-band shortwave duiring a period of severe sunspot activity.” FeelsShouldFirstsBelieveLongBookStoriesThreeI BelieveMonthsPeriodsActivityBandAffairOddDepartmentSevereThree MonthsPublic AffairsSunspots Book:On Writing Source: On Writing
“I remember thinking how often we look, but never see ... we listen, but never hear ... we exist, but never feel. We take our relationships for granted. A house is only a place. It has no life of its own. It needs human voices, activity and laughter to come alive.” ThinkingNeedsFeelsHumansLooksRememberHouseVoiceAliveActivityLaughterGrantedOur RelationshipHuman Voice Author:Erma Bombeck
“Indeed we have great reason to rejoice. If life and its rushed pace and many stresses have made it difficult for you to feel like rejoicing, then perhaps now is a good time to refocus on what matters most. Strength comes not from frantic activity but from being settled on a firm foundation of truth and light. It comes from placing our attention and efforts on the basics of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. It comes from paying attention to the divine things that matter most.” IfsFeelsMadeMatterReasonLightJesusDifficultChristEffortAttentionDivineActivityJesus ChristStressFoundationMade ItPay AttentionFirmGood TimesPaceRejoiceWhat MattersBasicsThings That MatterFranticRefocusFirm Foundation Author:Dieter F. Uchtdorf
“I always considered myself a loner. I mean, not like a poor-me, Byron-esque, I-should-have-brought-a-swimming-buddy loner. I mean the sort of person who doesn’t feel too upset about the prospect of a weekend spent seeing no one, and reading good books on the couch. It wasn’t like I was a people hater or anything. I enjoyed activities and the company of friends. But they were a side dish. I always thought I would be happy without them.” PeopleFeelsShouldMeanPersonsBookWould BeReadingSidesPoorCompanySeeingActivityShould HaveEnjoyedUpsetSwimmingWeekendDishesGood BookBuddyCouchesLonerByronReading Good BooksPoor MeSide Dishes Author:Jim Butcher
“Flow is an optimal state in which you feel totally engaged in an activity...In a state of flow, you're neither bored nor anxious, and you don't question your own adequacy. Hours pass without your noticing.” FeelsStatesHoursActivityFlowBoredEngagedAnxiousNoticingOptimalAdequacy Author:Susan Cain