Pamela J. Hobart
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Pamela J. Hobart
In a rare 1988 interview, mythologist Joseph Campbell was asked "How would you advise somebody to tap into joy?"
In response, he gave the most mystical, mind-blowing and beautiful answer I could have ever imagined: https://t.co/pmJk3qzmVu
Ashwin Sharmax.comJagger and McCartney hardly ever engage in age-based self-deprecation. They tend not to make those slightly nervous “I’m just an old geezer” jokes, of the kind that the rest of us start making from the moment we pass 30. I think that might have something to do with the almost ridiculously good time they’re having in their eighties. They play the... See more
Ian Leslie • 27 Notes on Growing Old(er)
“By recognizing that our patients’ ways of relating are not intentional but rather implicit, habitual, and quite automatic, we can stop relating to the ‘traumatized’ parts of their personality (e.g., by assuming that they suffer from disorders of ‘all personality’) and start, instead, relating to the ‘authentic’ parts of their personality (e.g., by... See more
Ryanx.comCutting some people down to promote equality is not the way.
But also a lesson in branding (from both sides):
Calling a program “gifted and talented” instead of “higher difficulty classes” made parents fight over who got in, envious if they didn’t. https://t.co/9KdG1r2DOH
Austen Allredx.comAge is time divided by achievement. Achievements come in many forms: writing “Blackbird” or raising a family or starting a business or helping someone through a difficult time—anything that extends or endures beyond you. Whatever form it takes, the more you achieve, the younger you are (relative to that number).
Ian Leslie • 27 Notes on Growing Old(er)
“An artist has got to be careful never really to arrive at a place where he thinks he’s AT somewhere. You always have to realize that you’re constantly in a state of becoming. And, as long as you can stay in that realm you’ll sort of be alright.”
— Bob Dylan
How to Grow Kids Into Happy, Resilient Adults
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Primal world beliefs not directly connected to upbringing conditions. More about parental warmth!!!
“Madness, mayhem, erotic vandalism, devastation of innumerable souls—while we scream and perish, History licks a finger and turns the page.”