connection
Loving someone means you make them fall more in love with themselves, not more in love with you. The best love is a mirror held steady, not a magnet pulling everything toward its centre. It asks: what are you becoming?, not what do you think of me? Infatuation needs an audience; love builds one. The person who leaves your presence feeling more... See more
Tamarasubstack.comTo be close requires going out on a limb and asking for togetherness, despite the potential of rejection, abandonment, or carelessness. All friendship is a bargain of invisible effort and patience and time. Can I call you, will you pick up? Did you like the book I gave you? Where are you right now? There is no closeness without friction. Closeness... See more
modern friendship
“I’m just going to pay attention to what happens when I hang out with various people and iterate toward something that feels alive”—you start from the context
Everything that turned out well in my life followed the same design process
We experience a deep sense of comfort when we connect with those who are aligned with the truth of our present moment.
Larry Dossey • Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change
i say this because i genuinely find beauty in everyone. not necessarily in a romantic sense, but in that soul-level kind of admiration. the kind that exudes from how someone tells a story, the pauses in their voice, the sparkle in their eyes when they talk about something they love. it’s in the way their words unknowingly reveal their own processes... See more
ella • the art of asking
It is rare to meet someone who is fully connected to their core essence, but we know it right away when we do. These people have a certain luminosity to them, they emanate contentment and clarity, and they seem to have enough time.
Anne Berube • The Burnout Antidote
Specificity signals attention and care.