Be a good steward of your gifts. Protect your time. Feed your inner life. Avoid too much noise. Read good books, have good sentences in your ears. Be by yourself as often as you can. Walk. Take the phone off the hook. Work regular hours.
Interpretation
Nurture your talents and time, and create a peaceful environment to foster personal growth.
Jane Kenyon emphasizes the importance of being mindful and intentional about how we use our time and resources. By valuing our gifts and nurturing our inner selves through solitude, reading, and a balanced lifestyle, we can cultivate a richer and more fulfilling life. In today's noisy world, protecting our time and mental space is crucial for personal development and well-being.
In practice
Use this quote in a self-help seminar to inspire individuals to prioritize their personal growth.
Develop and protect a moral sensibility and demonstrate the character to apply it. Dream big. Work hard. Think for yourself. Love everything you love, everyone you love, with all your might. And do so, please, with a sense of urgency, for every tick of the clock subtracts from fewer and fewer...
Use memories. Do not let memories use you.
I cleanse the windows of my mind, that it may become a mirror reflecting inspiration from the most High. I do this, not with strenuous effort, but through quiet contemplation, through gently reaching and affirming an inward recognition. I know exactly what to do in every situation. There is an inspiration within me which governs every act, every thought, with certainty, with conviction and in peace.
those who understands is not better than those who appreciates, those who appreciates is not better than those who enjoys.
Objectively good spaces to work rarely end up being so; in their faultlessness, quiet and well-equipped studios have a habit of rendering the fear of failure overwhelming. Original thoughts are like shy animals. We sometimes have to look the other way - towards a busy street or terminal - before they run out of their burrows.
When the mind loses its density, you become translucent, like the flower. Spirit - the formless - shines through you into the world.
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