American - Author | 1948 -
Never underestimate people. They do desire the cut of truth.
Natalie Goldberg
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Women are wonderful, but they get so caught up about their body. We need to unhook from worrying so much. When I don't feel good, I look in the mirror and think I look fat and miserable. But when I feel good and whole, I'm not worried about my body because I'm living in it. It doesn't become an object.
GoodWomenMirrorFeel GoodThink
Whether you're keeping a journal or writing as a meditation, it's the same thing. What's important is you're having a relationship with your mind.
RelationshipMindWritingYouSame
Stress is basically a disconnection from the earth, a forgetting of the breath. Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. Nothing is that important. Just lie down.
StressLieDownEarthImportant
Trust in what you love, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go.
LoveTrustWhat You LoveYouGo
I feel that 'The Great Failure' is really a book written out of great love and a willingness to face all of who a human being is.
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Life is not orderly. No matter how we try to make life so, right in the middle of it we die, lose a leg, fall in love, drop a jar of applesauce.
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When you write what you know, you stay in control. One of the first things I encourage my writing students to do is to lose control - say what they want to say, break structure.
WritingControlYouLoseKnowWant
Sometimes when you think you are done, it is just the edge of beginning. Probably that's why we decide we're done. It's getting too scary. We are touching down onto something real. It is beyond the point when you think you are done that often something strong comes out.
BeginningStrongThinkYouDownWhy
Talk when you talk, walk when you walk, and die when you die.
WalkDieYouTalk
When you are present, the world is truly alive.
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That's very nice if they want to publish you, but don't pay too much attention to it. It will toss you away. Just continue to write.
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