Quote
A poet is somebody who feels, and who expresses his feelings through words.
This may sound easy. It isn’t.
A lot of people think or believe or know they feel — but that’s thinking or believing or knowing; not feeling. And poetry is feeling — not knowing or believing or thinking.
Almost anybody can learn to think or believe or know, but not a single human being can be taught to feel. Why? Because whenever you think or you believe or you know, you’re a lot of other people: but the moment you feel, you’re nobody-but-yourself.
To be nobody-but-yourself — in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else — means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.
—E.E.Cummings (A Miscellany Revised)
Video Podcast
Gary Vee & Jay Shetty:How To Stop Caring What People Think Of You
Essay
Three Steps to Lose the Fear of Not Fitting In
We can’t always run from our fears and insecurities. To be ourselves, wherever we are, we must cultivate characteristics that make us strong enough to say, ‘We don’t want to fit in.’
Read more.
One of my favourite quotes ever on poetry and a great article! 🙏❤️