Being: A Journey Toward Presence and Authenticity
Karl Forehand
Top 10 Best Quotes
“It’s time to be wild again. Take a prophet or poet on the journey and float out into the mystic. Dive deep into the mysteries of life and let yourself sink long enough to know what can only be imagined, not defined. Take a step out into the desert with those that have ventured there and find mystery and paradox and nuance, not certainty and doctrine.”
“As I start another new day, I have heard the bird sing. His song leads me out into the yard where I catch a glimpse of one of the creatures doing its thing. I peer down at the soil, and just for a moment, my mind can almost comprehend the universal and cataclysmic dance of the universe. That’s where I find humility these days—that’s where I find truth—it’s where I draw energy—it’s where I find life!”
“When we are willing to do the hard work of going deeper, we give ourselves the very real possibility to live vibrant and authentic lives.”
“When I know who I am, I will most likely know what my voice needs to say.”
“We can’t go on a journey of discovery where everything is as we expect.”
“Too much of my drive was about accomplishment and doing at the cost of becoming. I did very well with the “you can do anything” mantra because I believed it. But it was never enough—I never hit the target, I never arrived at home and I never really found the peace my heart was seeking.”
“The tyranny of the urgent shouts down any reasoning that would slow it down from getting where it’s going (even if it doesn’t know for sure where it is headed at the time).”
“Spiritual bypassing separates us from our humanity and all its messiness and struggles and pain and It makes us feel good briefly.”
“Realize community can come from any place where you find sacrificial, self-giving love.”
“Leaning into our pain not only helps us solve our issues, it also helps us learn about them. Some things we can’t solve magically and some of them, if understood, can become strengths instead of weaknesses.”
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