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5 life lessons from the ICU
George Orwell once said: The most terrible loneliness is not the kind that comes from being alone, but the kind that comes from being misunderstood; the loneliness of standing in a crowded room, surrounded by people who do not see you, who do not hear you, who do not know the true essence of who you are. And in that loneliness, you feel as though
... See moreAs I hope I’ve made clear by now, people are eager, often desperate, to be seen, heard, and understood. And yet we have built a culture, and a set of manners, in which that doesn’t happen. The way you fix that is simple, easy, and fun: Ask people to tell you their stories.
David Brooks • How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
You feel truly connected to the world and to a sense of home. New ideas come from being in this place. On the deepest level, this zone is a spiritual place. We meet the spiritual world most immediately through our relationships to others.
Phil Stutz • Lessons for Living: What Only Adversity Can Teach You
Feeling seen · Molly Mielke
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e don’t try to be important. We try not to become scenery to each other. Once a month we do a civic tenderness: we return a rogue shopping cart to a corral, sweep a stoop that isn’t ours, carry a stranger’s catastrophe for twelve minutes and set it down without advice. I am a liar. I don’t have any friends. But I like to believe I have and,... See more