“What does the brain matter compared with the heart?” ― Virginia Woolf

I love that this quote comes from one of the most intelligent women who ever put pen to paper. It reminds me not to worry that I’m not Shakespeare or, indeed, Virginia Woolf. Brains are useful in life, of course, but having an open heart matters more than anything else.

From time to time I enjoy artistic works and writing that stimulates my intellect but it’s only those things that move me, the books, films, paintings, music that sneak into my heart, that stay with me forever. Only some of us have the ability to be intellectually brilliant, but all of us have the capacity to love and express what we feel in our hearts. Cultivate that and you’ll create something really beautiful.

Pic: every evening O & I go for a walk to post letters