Anna Smith
@annakohler
Anna Smith
It is an exercise in what Wiesel’s friend and teacher, the great Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, spoke of as the religious calling to be maladjusted with positive moral force, neither indifferently conformed to the reality of evil and suffering, nor inured to wondrous and redemptive possibilities we can make real.
Ariel Burger • Ariel Burger — Be a Blessing | The On Being Project
The whole show has been on fire from the word go. I come down to the water to cool my eyes. But everywhere I look I see fire; that which isn’t flint is tinder, and the whole world sparks and flames.
Annie Dillard • Annie Dillard - Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (pdf).pdf
While it is an exaggeration, I am not sure it is all that far off. Every statistic around obesity and chronic diseases borne out our sedentary lifestyles is sobering. It isn’t surprising – the more we solve for comfort, the worse our health outcomes become.
Built for discomfort
the things that life is calling you to do get into my face.
what keeps coming back
keep falling into the same hole.
it's you rather than just this business.
when you think about what is most important to himan beings, identity and belonging.
odysseus wants to return home. the crew keeps forgetting the journey, and his job is to help everyone
... See morejust be human together.
we are not programmed for willpower
well, it depends.
are you writing to make an impression? or are you writing to make an impact?
when you are putting your self out there,you re overinvestig n the judgements about yourself, or about other people about you.
yes, I'm in character now, Have that trust and stay in character.
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... See morein some vague way, but specifically to ringfence three or four hours of undisturbed focus
Oliver Burkeman • The three-or-four-hours rule for getting creative work done
Mountains are giant, restful, absorbent. You can heave your spirit into a mountain and the mountain will keep it, folded, and not throw it back as some creeks will.
Annie Dillard • Annie Dillard - Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (pdf).pdf
You are the only person doing what you do in Iquitos in the way you do it.
Nice things people have said about me
Liz to me in Dec 2024
Movie reccs from Mom: big sonia
bonhoeffer
a real pain