Unlearn | Humble the Poet

  • “…the most important thing isn’t learning the new lessons you have to learn, it is unlearning the old ones we have to let go of.”
    • We can’t make revisions if we don’t know where we want our story to go and we can’t decide our story unless we discover and decide ourselves
  • “Ideas need to be reinforced and revisited to settle themselves into us
  • There’s a lot to discover in your emotions, so it’s worth it to develop a good relationship with them
    • Welcome them all in and feel all of them, don’t shut them off – if you shut off the bad ones, you shut off the good ones, too
  • “what you fear isn’t the roadblock; allowing the fear to keep you from moving is the real obstacle”
  • “every thought you have is a brushstroke in the world you see”
    • “the only reason you’re not good enough is because you’re thinking it”
  • The most important relationship you have is with yourself – simple
  • “…if something is important to you, let it show in your day-to-day movements”
  • “Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way around or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things with disclose themselves. Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend. – Bruce Lee
  • “The more you know yourself, the more unique your adventure will be for you.”
  • “What parts of you need to be fed? What parts of you need to be starved, and killed off?”
  • When a bird sits on a branch it doesn’t depend on the branch not to snap, but rather depends on its own wings to keep it safe.
    • Strengthen your wings
    • Strengthen with resistance and stability
  • Luck is nothing more than preparation and opportunity
    • Things take time – have the patience to let things slow-cook and form, otherwise life will continually be unfulfilled
  • “You are not your beliefs”
  • Allow your heart some character
    • The scratches and bruises add character – they give your heart a better look and feel
    • Don’t avoid a broken heart, you have the necessary tools to survive and blossom from it
  • “…pray or worry – don’t do both.” – 50 Cent
  • “Pay attention to actions over words; they are always more revealing.”
  • “Trust your struggle. Life is the struggle…”
  • “The thoughts that come from inside are what populate every syllable in every word, on every page, in every book in the world. Every building you see and the structure designed all came from a spark of thought once upon a time. It’s brilliant and terrifying at the same exact time.”
  • “If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.” – Nikola Tesla