I've always found a cure for the blues is wandering into something unknown, and resting there, before coming back to whatever weight you were carrying.
Interpretation
Exploring the unknown can bring relief from sadness and provide a fresh perspective.
Diane Sawyer's quote emphasizes the therapeutic effects of stepping into unfamiliar territory as a means of alleviating feelings of sadness or melancholy. By taking the time to explore new experiences, one can gain clarity and relief from burdens before returning to their usual life, suggesting that change and exploration are essential for emotional well-being.
In practice
In a motivational speech about embracing change.
I read once, which I loved so much, that this great physicist who won a Nobel Prize said that every day when he got home, his dad asked him not what he learned in school but his dad said, 'Did you ask any great questions today?' And I always thought, what a beautiful way to educate kids that we're excited by their questions, not by our answers and whether they can repeat our answers.
The Center for Public Integrity is the real thing. A group of dedicated people who remember that great journalism is about grit and guts and stamina and razor-sharp instincts. They are, thank heaven, here to stay.
I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.
If you're curious, you'll probably be a good journalist because we follow our curiosity like cats.
People assume you can't be shy and be on television. They're wrong.
I'm always fascinated by the way memory diffuses fact.
I must try to be alone for part of each year...and part of each day...in order to keep my core, my center...Women must be still as the axis of a wheel in the midst of her activities. She must be the pioneer of achieving this stillness, not only for her own salvation, but for the salvation of family life, of society, perhaps even of our civilization.
Flattery is useful when dealing with youngsters.
I've made peace with the fact that the things that I thought were weaknesses or flaws were just me. I like them.
Often, we feel helpless in lots of situations in our lives. The way anger gets a grip on us is it seems to be a way to extricate ourselves from helplessness.
The weaker we feel, the harder we lean. And the harder we lean, the stronger we grow spiritually, even while our bodies waste away.
You're betraying your whole life if you don't say what you think - and you don't say it honestly and bluntly.
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