Stephanie Bennett Vogt > Quotes

“This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! —Rumi”
― Stephanie Bennett Vogt, Your Spacious Self: Clear the Clutter and Discover Who You Are

“My home became my temple, my clutter was my teacher, and my journey of self-discovery began with clearing out a single drawer.”
― Stephanie Bennett Vogt, Your Spacious Self: Clear the Clutter and Discover Who You Are

“◊Būkite smalsūs. Gyvenkite domėdamiesi ir smalsaudami. Apsimeskite, kad nieko nežinote. Norėkite būti maloniai nustebinti.
◊Nevenkite tylos. Tyla atveria erdves ir galimybes jausti. Nebijokite to.
◊Nesibodėkite paslaptingumo. Niekaip nepavyks nuspėti, kas nutiks. Priimkite”
― Stephanie Bennett Vogt, Your Spacious Self: Clear the Clutter and Discover Who You Are

“Kad ir kur pasisukčiau, susiduriu su žmonėmis, pasiilgusiais paprastumo, bet nežinančiais, nuo ko pradėti; be galo norinčiais pusiausvyros ir rūpintis savimi, bet nė nenutuokiančiais, kaip tai daryti. Trūksta laiko viską aprėpti, ką jau kalbėti apie daiktų ir minčių, verčiančių mus jaustis tokius išsekusius, sutvarkymą!”
― Stephanie Bennett Vogt

“As the Buddha says, “What you are is what you have been; what you will be is what you do now.” What”
― Stephanie Bennett Vogt, A Year to Clear: A Daily Guide to Creating Spaciousness in Your Home and Heart

“Veikiausiai nė vienas nepultų ginčytis, kad dauguma mūsų darome per daug ar turime daugiau daiktų, nei mums reikia. Arba ir viena, ir kita. Kai gyvenimą pasiglemžia prisirišimų, nuogąstavimų, begalinių, mechaniškai atliekamų darbų sūkurys, protas nebesusigaudo, kas turi likti, o ko reikėtų atsikratyti, kas svarbu, o kas nereikšminga. Mūsų žmogiškajai prigimčiai svarbu nuolat jausti aiškumą ir erdvę. Tačiau bėda ta, kad mes nesugebame susitelkti, prarandame pusiausvyrą ir pamirštame, kaip tai padaryti.”
― Stephanie Bennett Vogt, Your Spacious Self: Clear the Clutter and Discover Who You Are

“How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward. —Spanish proverb”
― Stephanie Bennett Vogt, Your Spacious Self: Clear the Clutter and Discover Who You Are

“There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning. —Louis L'Amour”
― Stephanie Bennett Vogt, Your Spacious Self: Clear the Clutter and Discover Who You Are

“I live by the truth that “No” is a complete sentence. —Anne Lamott”
― Stephanie Bennett Vogt, Your Spacious Self: Clear the Clutter and Discover Who You Are

“Pulling the plug was no small achievement for someone so tightly wired to a daily routine, a professional identity, and financial security. All I could do for the first few months after quitting was grieve for the old parts of myself that I was deliberately dismantling—unaware that my little sore throat was like a pebble that had started an avalanche of clearing and transformation that continues to this day.”
― Stephanie Bennett Vogt, Your Spacious Self: Clear the Clutter and Discover Who You Are