We need solitude because we are addicted to being seen, to being heard, to being known, to achieving something in the presence of others
Solitude exposes our false self – the self that is defined by productivity and the need for approval
Ruth Haley Barton, Invitation to Solitude and Silence
The traveller sees what he sees.
The tourist sees what he has come to see.
G.K. Chesterton
The fool,
with all his other faults, has this also,
he is always getting ready to live.
Seneca, quoting Epicurus in Letters from a Stoic
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Back to more important matters…
It is not uncommon for people to spend their whole life
waiting to start living.
Eckhart Tolle
There is always a lot of advice around this time about the importance of starting something new, and becoming better, which can give rise to a “fixing” mentality
The place to observe nature is where you are:
the walk to take today is the walk you took yesterday.
You will not find just the same things.
John Burroughs 1837–1921, American naturalist and writer, Signs and Seasons
To know what you’re going to draw,
you have to begin drawing.
Picasso
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