Human Interactions/Relationships & Connections
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Human Interactions/Relationships & Connections
Giving advice & support - A collection on Sublime
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Being too busy to give any real time to a relationship is like not watering a potato crop, I say to him, using his own language. If I explain how I feel in my own, the wires in his brain twist and knot and he just has to dash out for air.
Judy Fairbairns • Island Wife: living on the edge of the wild
The Opposite of Lonliness
MargaretC • 5 cards
When hyper-individualism kicked into gear in the 1960s, people experimented with new ways of living that embraced individualistic values. Today we are crawling out from the wreckage of that hyper-individualism—which left many families detached and unsupported—and people are experimenting with more connected ways of living, with new shapes and... See more
David Brooks • The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake
Making work easier. This is the problem. So obsessed with getting to the answer, completing the project, producing a result which are all valid things, but not where the richness of the human experience lies.
Jerry Seinfeld's Speech At Duke's 2024 Commencement (Transcript)
Commitment
Musings on committing and continually showing up to a place, a profession, or a person in an age of endless opportunities + persevering - even and especially when it's hard.
sari and • 61 cards
How to deal with people who have different views to me
MargaretC • 1 card
My fondest memories, however, are of the good people—total strangers—who did really nice things for us. Perhaps people who live closer to nature are inherently kinder and more generous.
J.R. Harris • Way Out There: Adventures of a Wilderness Trekker
Out of all the “regulars” I’ve interacted with in all the places I’ve worked, the strongest bonds have always been with the people that made me feel safe to be myself no matter what emotional state I was in.