Human Interactions/Relationships & Connections
MargaretC and
Human Interactions/Relationships & Connections
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
The Opposite of Lonliness
MargaretC • 5 cards
Connection
Jennifer Baez and • 43 cards
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
How to deal with people who have different views to me
MargaretC • 1 card
The light touch of a hairdresser’s hands on one’s scalp, the euphoric energy of a nightclub, huddling with strangers under a shelter in the rain, a spontaneous snowball fight in the street, a daily interaction with a homeless man—such mundane connections, when we closely inhabit the same space, and touch or are touched by others, were nearly lost... See more
Encounterism
Help me remember this book. I always struggle to recall it and remember it.
Relate it to Priya Parker Gatherings
Community
Mo Shafieeha and • 94 cards
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.