Tift Merritt Quotes

It is very difficult for people to come in contact with their own emotions and their own sensibilities.

It is less fun to talk about what I am feeling rather than what I am thinking. Saying 'I feel awesome' isn't really interesting or enquiring.

I always call myself an emotionalist. I feel.

I ran into an extraordinary doctor. He got up inside my head and figured out how my brain processed things, what my core values were, what my inner dialogue was.

The man who can articulate the movements of his inner life need no longer be a victim of himself, but is able slowly and consistently to remove the obstacles that prevent the spirit from entering.

I'm not someone who's particularly in touch with the way they feel. I've heard it said that you should be a 'human being' not a 'human doing', but I'm a human doing, very much so.

My demons, inner strengths and physical battles have guided me through life.

I'm in my mind a lot. I live there.

The constant monitoring of our emotional landscape and personal interactions is a bizarre concept. But it is one that could help many people.

I write about moments, and I don't make blanket statements about anything because no one has all the answers; nobody's come up with a foolproof way to do anything when it comes to emotions.

There is no other who experiences your thoughts or your feelings.

Generally speaking, I think it's a good idea to stay conscious of any kind of energy or emotion that you're generating, whether it's at the end of a work day or just in your everyday life.

Everyone can teach themselves to cry... but sometimes you have just got to see that mental movie going on. You've got to be feeling it.

I've always been interested in intellectual history and in psychology, and anxiety is obviously something that's been a big part of my life.

My life day in and day out is accessing my emotions and bringing them to the forefront.

Certainly, when you're dealing with more deep, emotional work and sensory work, for me, it helps me to just stay in it.

I'm quite an emotional person... I ain't just this Northern brat all the time.

I have a super-balanced life, and I'm a super balanced guy.

I just want to live each moment, but it's kind of hard to do that when you are asked to analyze yourself constantly. But it's also good in that you are forced to think about things that you don't ordinarily think about. I think it's strange.

You can't embrace your whole life if you're shut down. I found out that I can't just run away and shut down. I'm losing the rest of my life doing that.

The weeds keep multiplying in our garden, which is our mind ruled by fear. Rip them out and call them by name.

We need to know how we are feeling. Mindfully acknowledging our feelings serves as an 'emotional thermostat' that recalibrates our decision making. It's not that we can't be anxious, it's that we need to acknowledge to ourselves that we are.

I've met so many leaders who realize that telling your colleagues something that is on your mind is so much easier than keeping it in. Sometimes the things we make up in our heads are not nearly as big a deal as we think.

If you can understand the inner life, then you can wear the uniform, the tattoos, or whatnot and realize that the things that are different about us become superficial.

It's all about balance and, I think, being in the moment.