i love when a new nicole kidman interview drops because the way she views and experiences the world is always so fascinating - you can tell she’s a very sensitive, introspective person 💌
since leaving college, i’ve believed really strongly that if you feel some innate desire towards some direction, you shouldn’t ignore it, you shouldn’t delay it, you should go Do the Thing. if it’s a Good Thing, then you made some positive change in your life earlier. if it turns out to be a Bad Thing, the only way you could’ve known is by trying and finding out.
life paths are like relationships in this way — people can give you lots of advice, but compatibility can only be determined through lived experience
people want you to do well, when you go on a date that person wants it to go well so they can stop dating. when you interview for a job they want it to go well so they can finally hire someone. people want to watch, read, hear and experience good things. we’re rooting for you
The kindest thing literature does is remind you that your peculiar little feelings have always existed. Someone, in some century, was equally confused by love, bored by society, tired of performing, and hungry for meaning.
I saw a quote that said "to procrastinate is to willingly endure the discomfort of anticipation, rather than the discomfort of action. Both are burdens, but only one leads to progress" and if that didn't light a fire in me.
even if you have been disappointed before, let yourself want things again. your hope is not embarrassing. your desire is not naive. your heart is allowed to stay open after being tested.
sometimes the best thing a person can do to us is disappoint us. disappointment can be the only thing that removes the blindfold from our eyes and as much as it hurts, that’s where the healing begins.
Just live day by day. It's like driving at night. You only need to see as far as your headlights reach. You don't have to spot your final destination from the start. Keep going with what's lit in front of you, and the rest will come as you move. You're seriously underestimating the universe's ability to surprise you and turn things in your favor. But that only happens if you stop overwhelming yourself by trying to figure out your entire life all at once.
People can only meet you as deeply as they’ve met themselves and if you carry a lot of depth and have the inner world of an ocean it will feel like drowning to anyone who’s never left the shore
the most powerful way to get over something is to decide that it happened for a higher reason, even if you don’t know what that reason is right now. this neutralizes the victim spell that you’re in. feel your feelings, but always remind yourself that there’s a divine plan at work