Human Interactions/Relationships & Connections
by MargaretC and · updated 4mo ago
Human Interactions/Relationships & Connections
MargaretC added 5mo ago
Over the course of 14 hours, we rolled up our sleeves and got our hands dirty generating creative ideas to address disconnection, loneliness, polarization, and other deep-rooted societal challenges.
Disconnection is the disease. Creativity is the cure. The creativity revolution has begun.
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.
from Way Out There: Adventures of a Wilderness Trekker by J.R. Harris
MargaretC added 5mo ago
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.
from Island Wife: living on the edge of the wild by Judy Fairbairns
MargaretC added 5mo ago
friendship
37 cards · by Prashanth Narayan and
MargaretC added 5mo ago
- 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 t... See more
from Encounterism
MargaretC added 5mo ago
Jay is the ideal trekking partner. Not only does he have all the requisite backcountry skills; he also has a good attitude—that essential attribute for this kind of endeavor. He keeps his sense of humor even when he is hurting, and he carries his weight, literally and figuratively. He is there when you need him, but he never steps into your solitud
... See morefrom Way Out There: Adventures of a Wilderness Trekker by J.R. Harris
MargaretC added 5mo ago
