"[B]aseball, like life, required the same letting go of expectations to really allow enjoyment."
–– Gay Hendricks (b. 1945), American psychologist and writer
Source: Gay Hendricks, Lindsay Tinker. The Fourth Rule of Ten. New York: Hay House, 2015; p. 309.
via: Commonplace Book, 2024, 2025, p. 74.
"There has to be a known end to the solitude. You have to know it's temporary for it to be enjoyed."
–– Iain Reid (b. 1981), Canadian writer
Source: Iain Reid. The Truth About Luck: What I learned on my road trip with grandma. Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 2013; p. 84.
via: Commonplace Book, 2013-2014, 2014, p. 100.
"It's the enjoyment of every step in the process of doing; everything, not only the isolated piece we label art. If accomplishing it is the only goal, all that it takes to reach that goal is too slow, too fatiguing an obstacle to what you want to achieve. If you want to rush the accomplishment, it is an inevitable disappointment. Then you rush to something. The disappointment is reaped over and over again. But if every step is pleasant, then the accomplishment becomes even more because it is nourished by what is going on."
–– Sue Bender (b. 1933), American writer, family therapist and ceramic artist
Source: Sue Bender. Plain and Simple.
via: Sketchbook A, 2018, p. 71.
