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there’s magic in the climb
We remain a society obsessed with individual achievement. We equate success with elevation: “Climbing the ladder”, “Scaling my Everest”, “Being on top of the world”. Fatherhood is changing you. But if you step back, you’ll see it's changing all of us together. What might happen to a group of dads who realise they could help change each other?
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“Before you dream about the view from the summit, ask yourself if you're willing to keep your head down, focus on the path, and spend your life walking up the side of a very big hill.
It takes years of walking to earn a minute at the top.”
It takes years of walking to earn a minute at the top.”
James Clear • 3 Ideas, 2 Quotes, 1 Question (December 19, 2019) | James Clear
Isaac Feldman added
It is in these woods that I’ve begun to teach my son (and will soon teach my daughter) this lesson: explore for the sake of exploration, without expectation. Discover essence in your surroundings and in yourself, free from external conditioning (stories) and expectations. Build from the inside out and bottom up. Great habits and practices make a g
... See morePatrick O'Shaughnessy • Growth Without Goals
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When you are a kid, you move between moments without a conscious plan. Your parents take you out for dinner and you get the chicken nuggets. It’s simple and immediate. As you become a parent, you live all the decisions and effort that went into the single moment. You planned around naps, figured out the best restaurant for kids, planned travel rout
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The Fog of Parenting 10/19/2023
I know that is not the fog many people are referring to these days. I don’t mean to diminish the very real fog of war of which I know nothing first hand. But I have always referred to the first 3 years of parenting twins as a desperate effort to claw my way toward sanity through a fog! It didn’t help that my h... See more
Sonya Sukalski added
Mothering can be like being thrown down a deep well. Like any initiatory experience, such a journey forces you to surrender control and descend into your depths where a confrontation with your soul awaits you.
Lisa Marchiano • Motherhood: Facing and Finding Yourself
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