Susan Cain on Substack
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The internet taught us to consume everything. Save everything. Remember everything. But wisdom isn't about remembering more. It's about knowing what to keep close.
Here, I keep only what resonates. What rings true. What feels like a bell being struck in an empty room. Not another feed to scroll, but a garden where each saved moment has room to put d
... See moreSomething strange and wondrous begins to happen when one spends stretches of time in solitude, in the company of trees, far from the bustle of the human world with its echo chamber of judgments and opinions — a kind of rerooting in one’s deepest self-knowledge, a relearning of how to simply be oneself, one’s most authentic self. Wendell Berry knew ... See more
Maria Popova • Kahlil Gibran on Silence, Solitude, and the Courage to Know Yourself
