Hey Sonya,
It’s so great to hear from a fellow quote enthusiast. Love love love hearing that you have mountains of notebooks filled with quotes.
The act of reading quotes is definitely not the same as the act of writing quotes. The former brings the words in through the eyes which are quickly deposited into the brain, but the latter… the latter allows you to bring the words in through your body… through your fingers, up your arms, into your torso, and up your spinal cord and into your brain.
It’s the literal embodiment of the words.
So, while you may feel like there’s no sense or order to them all… just know that the process is not for nothing. You have embodied 10x more insight from this simple practice than your counterpart who merely read those same quotes and does nothing with them.
Cheers to quote collecting and embodying the insight that’ll guide us forward on our paths!
~ Matt
The reason I share this reply is twofold:
1) To remind you that reading insights is not the same as doing things with the insights. Whether that’s applying the ideas to your life (opting in to the expressed gratitude challenge); typing, tagging, ordering, and making them digestible and accessible (like I do at MoveMe Quotes); or simply writing them into notebooks (like Sonya)—it’s the application of insight that leads to better living—not the looking at it. And…
2) To challenge you to start doing things with insights, too!
…You’re not really just going to nod along and do nothing with these insights after reading them are you?!
Enough looking; time to start embodying.
…Your better life depends on it.