Finding Meaning
what gives our life meaning, etc..
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Finding Meaning
When I was younger, I was skateboarding a lot. I was listening to music and skateboarding. There were two songs, that are widely different: DJ Shadow’s “Building Steam With a Grain of Salt,” and Bob Dylan’s “Don’t Think Twice It’s All Right.” And I remember skateboarding to them and they made me just stop. And the world felt so cool. I would look... See more
On redefining what it means to be successful
“If you think globally, you become filled with gloom. But if you take a little piece of this whole picture—my piece, our piece, this is what I can do here, I’m making a difference and they’re making a difference over there, and so are they, and so are they—gradually the pieces get filled in. And the world is a better place because of you.”... See more
Good morning 🌞
Image ID: On Waking Up
I am wondering when newer became better.
When we forsook the familiar for ideas of the future, mistook the mundane for less than extraordinary, wrote it off like a story.
I am wondering when less stopped being... See more
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“Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked. In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.” https://t.co/UyUmgeVlxo
Humans are a story-telling species. The stories we tell ourselves and each other guide how we live in and relate to the world. They are the social technology through which we make sense of the world and give meaning to our lived experiences. Like the mycelium that runs below our feet, stories are everywhere, threading and reshaping our reality,... See more
Niels Devisscher • Belonging and Butterflies in Times of Breakdown
In July 2017, a year before she passed away, Yip-Williams wrote the following letter to her young daughters.