Comments on: There’s time.

By: Hannah

Hannah — Mon, 30 May 2011 21:29:37 +0000

Love this:

“That you don’t always have to hammer in some sort of big Important Lesson. (…)

That people are going to get from it what they need to get from it anyway. And most of the time it’s not the thing you think you’re giving. Sometimes not even close”

- you never know what you’re giving !!
- no need to pretend.
- there is so little control
- even in or perhaps especially in giving
- words and writing are a form of giving
- it’s ok to be up at 5 in the morning and have a whiskey and smoke a cigarette and dream about leaving !!

By: ilikered

ilikered — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:25:54 +0000

It has been 8 years since I moved to Portland to work and make a living at something creative. It SUCKS to realize I have to give myself even more time than that because I’m still not doing it. I have no option BUT to give myself more time, so I am having a hard time feeling freed up by this.
I am trying to hang on to this part today:
“I can forgive myself for not having fixed it yet. I can still have this horrible, embarrassing habit for another couple days or another couple weeks and it’s okay because I’m working on it and actively involved in the process.”

By: Just Because « Open Heart Adventure

Just Because « Open Heart Adventure — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:12:32 +0000

[...] · Leave a Comment I have a new outlook on my blog, thanks in part again to Havi Brooks of the Fluent Self. She is hysterical! Yes, I am the judge of that. Just read another one of her posts, an older [...]

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:42:53 +0000

I love how timeless your words are. I just read this for the first time today and I just want to thank you. :) .-= Amy´s last blog ..The Best First Step in Starting a Business =-.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:47:18 +0000

Great thing to give myself the time I need. I always feel I should be further down the road than I am and tend to demean the progress I have made. Thanks for the reminder that it’s ok to be where I am for right now.

By: Havi Brooks

Havi Brooks — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:38:31 +0000

Thanks, guys.

You’re wonderful, really. And 2009 is going to be so much fun – I can already tell.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:19:45 +0000

I’m in the midst of an identity crisis or six myself. It’s always nice to hear you talk about how you can still identify with and love your past even after so much change.

By: Grace

Grace — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:03:40 +0000

You’re a wise and wonderful woman, Havi Brooks, and I am honoured, grateful, and delighted to know you. (And Selma, too, of course!)

By: Timmy

Timmy — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:03:25 +0000

“…not everything needs to gets tied up at the end…That people are going to get from it what they need to get from it anyway. And most of the time it’s not the thing you think you’re giving. Sometimes not even close.”
Absolutely genius. I couldn’t agree more; and I couldn’t have put it better. You have a new follower :]

By: Sarah Marie Lacy

Sarah Marie Lacy — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:46:26 +0000

Ahhh, I love this. Time is something I need to learn to give myself. I will remind myself of this often :) when things are feeling hard. Sarah Marie Lacys last blog post..2009, Thou Shalt Be The Year of Non Suck.