Don't you love that moment when you read a quote, or a passage from a book and it speaks a truth to you. Not the kind of truth that your friends or family have told you. It isn't external, it is true within you. And for a moment, everything aligns. I felt this way when I read the quote above. Not only do the sentences roll into one big ball, a writing style I also use frequently. But every single thought is true to me. It fits me. Except the thinking quietly part...although I do a lot of that, I also tend to think out loud on the internet for the whole world to see.
This quote made me think of one of my other favorite pieces. It is about finding truth and the beauty in that.
Enjoy x
"She spoke often in her poetry of the idea of ‘fittingness’: that is, when your chosen pursuit and your ability to achieve it - no matter how small or insignificant both might be - are matched exactly, are fitting. This is when we become truly human, fully ourselves, beautiful.
To swim when your body is made for swimming. To kneel when you feel humble. To drink water when you are thirsty. Or - if one wishes to be grand about it - to write [the words] that are the fitting receptacle of the feeling or thought that you hoped to convey."
Zadie Smith, On Beauty