Batch Batchelder
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Batch Batchelder
What story about yourself would you have to retire in order to grow into the life you want?
“Work is endless. Exercise is endless. Parenting is endless. Same with marriage, writing, investing, creating, and more. You get to choose the parts of your life, but many of the important things in life cannot be “finished.”
Do not approach an endless game with a finite mindset. The objective is not to be done, but to settle into a daily lifestyle... See more
Do not approach an endless game with a finite mindset. The objective is not to be done, but to settle into a daily lifestyle... See more
“Success is often found by practicing the fundamentals everyone knows they should be doing, but find too boring or basic to practice routinely.”
Value-Truth and
“To simplify before you understand the details is ignorance.
To simplify after you understand the details is genius.”
To simplify after you understand the details is genius.”
a powerful thread on the utility of faith.
Most of the intellectual energy around faith and people of faith is focused on the institutions of faith. And it’s pretty negative. Rightly so as the institutions are riddled with bigotry, abuse and hypocrisy. So little else gets said.
Beyond that though, it’s hard to overstate the positive impact faith has
... See moreA Theology of Community and Action (James McBride)
God is encountered not in purity or power, but in flawed communities that choose mercy over safety. Faith is proven through action, especially when institutions fail and outcomes are uncertain. Heaven touches earth when ordinary people protect the vulnerable, cross boundaries, and bear one another’s
... See moreThe Heritage of American Terror — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER
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“oppression needs embodiment. The greatest defense against the dehumanization of a people is humanizing them. We need to say the names of those who are deported, disappeared, and mistreated. We need to insist on those names being heard and known, condensing sympathies with a piercing clarity. ”
The Dalai Lama on being honest:
“If you are honest, truthful, and transparent, people trust you. If people trust you, you have no grounds for fear, suspicion, or jealousy.”
“If you are honest, truthful, and transparent, people trust you. If people trust you, you have no grounds for fear, suspicion, or jealousy.”
The Spectrum of Independence
What needs to happen for me to look back in December and consider the year a success?