Zeke Shatzer’s Reviews > The Unplugged Hours: Cultivating a Life of Presence in a Digitally Connected World > Status Update

“If your soul is healthy, no external circumstance can destroy your life. If your soul is unhealthy, no external circumstance can redeem your life.”
—Pg 182 (Quoting “Soul Keeping: Caring for the Most Important Part of You”)

“We become different versions of ourselves when we clear the space to rest and honor the truth that empty cups need to be refilled by sources bigger than themselves. Only then can they serve their true purpose without wearing out.” -Pg 161

"You cannot possibly be in your life completely if you're always looking to the right and left of you or focusing all your energy on how you measure up against those around you." -Pg 116

Lol glad I could finally get all my quotes in. Didn't have my phone for a bit so I had a lot to put in.

"Building a life requires being present to what's in front of you and having the courage to start changing things. It requires the willingness to tune in when you'd rather tune out." -Pg 69

"...there is value and weight to committing to the life we actually have when it feels easier to escape it by distracting ourselves with another app, another influencer, another show on the newest streaming platform...We must decide to embody the good, the bad, the holy, and the hard long enough for our roots to grow deep into the ground and strengthen us into stable forces in an often-unsteady world." -Pg 32

"When you begin pressing into your own unplugged hours, don't be alarmed when discomfort rises in your spirit or you suddenly feel like you don't know what to do with your hands. We're so used to always occupying ourselves that we've all but forgotten what it feels like to just be- without a task, without a comment, without a point of engagement." -Pg 19