That is exactly the type of words to punch you in the face! A timeless and quotable quote. And this could almost be quotable particularly as I so identify with those beautiful words:
"It reaches within me and gathers scattered parts, dusts them off and puts them into some semblance of order so that I can keep pushing forward.
Hmmmm...a quotebook notebook. Now that is a fantastic idea. I have gazillions of little pieces of paper (serviettes, backs of slips, ancient sugar wrappers with all sorts of words scribbled over that were, in the moment, profound. Now trying to piece the thought process together....especially around the bright red Hewlett's or ancient food scrap. Perhaps in my younger years I should've invested in a notebook.
And here I'm thinking; what was I doing in '98? Hmmm probably skiing down the slopes of New England when I was still living in lovely Massachusettes. Happy days so Da Vinci's quote would've breezed off me like the snow flakes flashing past the skiis
I think many people wish they'd written stuff down, collated thoughts into a book...I was fortunate enough to have done so and the notebook has become something special.
I'm glad you read this post and that it made you think a little; maybe you'll gather those notes and scribble and pull them into a semblance of order. It's never too late to start you know.
I didn't know you were American...or a ski bunny.
American? Based on my accent many Americans assume I'm Australian. But no. SA born and bred. Just widely travelled. On skiis and otherwise
Most think I'm from another planet. They might be right.