“I feel like reading really defined me as a writer because I lived my life outside of my own body for so much of my life and I loved it. I've always been a reader. I think living all those stories served me to naturally take that next step to creating.” ThinkingFeelsStoriesBodyReadingNextMy OwnStepsReaderCreatingDefinedNext Steps Author:Stephenie Meyer
“I can't always control my body the way I want to, and I can't control when I feel good or when I don't. I can control how clear my mind is. And I can control how willing I am to step up if somebody needs me.” IfsWayWantNeedsFeelsMindI CanBodyStepsClearWillingFeel GoodStep UpI Feel Good Author:Michael J. Fox
“Every time you step on the football field in between those lines you're putting your life, your career, every single ligament in your body in jeopardy.” BodyLinesStepsCareersFieldsFootballYour BodyJeopardyFootball Field Author:Robert Griffin III
“To take a journey of a thousand miles, you have to begin with the first step from the place where you stand; the romantic description of the journey and the things the body sees on the way and the description of the scenery are of no use unless you lift your foot and take the first step.” WayFirstsUseBodyStepsJourneyFeetThousandTravelMilesLiftsDescriptionFirst StepsSceneryThousand MilesWhere You StandJourney Of A Thousand Miles Book:Blossoms of Friendship Source: Blossoms of Friendship
“Learn the backward step that turns your light inward to illuminate your self. Body and mind of themselves will drop away, and your original face will be manifest.” MindSelfBodyLightFacesTurnsStepsOriginalsManifestInwardMind And Body Author:Dogen
“I like to walk, touch living Mother Earth—bare feet best, and thrill every step. Used to envy happy reptiles that had advantage of so much body in contact with earth, bosom to bosom. [We] live with our heels as well as head and most of our pleasure comes in that way.” WayWellsBodyEarthUsedMotherWalksPleasureStepsFeetWalkingAdvantageEnvyContactHeelsThrillBosomsMother EarthEvery StepReptilesBare Feet Book:To Yosemite and Beyond: Writings from the Years 1863-1875 Source: To Yosemite and Beyond: Writings from the Years 1863-1875
“Relief is a great feeling.It's the emotional and physical reward we receive from our bodies upon alleviation of pain, pressure and struggle. A time to bask in the lack of the negative.And yet, think about it—relief is really the status quo, a negation of the suffering, a nothing in itself. It is the way things were before the pressure and struggle began.So, is it a step back? A regression?Or is it an opportunity to regroup, start over, and move in a different direction?Use your moment of relief well.” ThinkingWayWellsDifferentMomentsUseFeelingsBodyPainMovingSufferingOpportunityStepsStruggleEmotionalNegativePressureRewardsReliefStatus QuoStarting OverYour MomDifferent DirectionsNegationGreat FeelingsRegressionPain Relief Author:Vera Nazarian
“Ballet is the repetitive training of the body for the purpose of executing steps in traditional fashion. It is tied to and bound by the past. It is a disciplined beauty consciously preserved in the image of the old days in societies that were class-conscious and appreciative of elitist physical expertise.” BodyPastPurposeStepsClassFashionTrainingConsciousBoundsTraditionalBalletTiedExpertiseOld DaysAppreciativeRepetitiveElitistExecuting Author:Shirley MacLaine
“I think the question is, how do we live with change? Change in our friends, change in our lovers? Change in me and change in my body, from the stroke. Things have changed this plane of consciousness. We've tried to keep things the same. It causes suffering. This suffering is another step in your spiritual life, in your spiritual journey.” ThinkingBodySpiritualSufferingCausesConsciousnessStepsJourneyChangedLoversPlanesSpiritual LifeStrokesSpiritual JourneyThings Have Changed Author:Ram Dass
“A Christian might drink only ginger ale at the tavern bar, but there he is already on the way to drinking beer and whiskey. The girl who attends a ball but never dances a step, will soon surrender her body to the lustful embrace of every casual male acquaintance as other dancers do.” WayBodyMightChristianGirlStepsDrinkBallsEmbraceDrinkingMalesSurrenderBarsBeerDancerAcquaintanceCasualWhiskeyDrinking BeerGingerAleLustfulTaverns Book:The Ruin of a Christian Source: The Ruin of a Christian
“Timeless awareness occurs to very few in this world, to step beyond the circle of fear. The body has created a magnificent arena of fear. We have developed ways of seeing life that exclude us from seeing life.” WorldWayBodyStepsSeeingAwarenessThis WorldCirclesMysticismMagnificentTimelessArena Author:Frederick Lenz
“Don't talk to me about gravity. When I get out of bed in the morning, I have to be careful not to step on my breasts.” BodyStepsMorningBedCarefulBreastsBe CarefulGravityTalk To MeDon't Talk To Me Author:Joan Rivers
“Contrary to popular cable TV-induced opinion, aerobics have nothing to do with squeezing our body into hideous shiny Spandex, grinning like a deranged orangutan, and doing cretinous steps to debauched disco music.” BodyStepsOpinionTvsContraryFitnessCablesHideousDiscoGrinningDerangedSqueezingAerobicsCable TvOrangutansSpandexDisco Music Author:Cynthia Heimel