Knowing and loving people

Social scientific research indicates that this is the wrong way around. While more space and more attractive surroundings might boost your happiness temporarily, you rapidly get used to them. Strong relationships, however, are closely correlated with lasting satisfaction and well-being. Many of us know this in theory. But being the one in the

I will not be "famous," "great." I will go on adventuring, changing, opening my mind and my eyes, refusing to be stamped and stereotyped. The thing is to free one's self: to let it find its dimensions, not be impeded.

– Virginia Woolf, A Writer's Diary

I just read Elizabeth Strout’s new novel on the train here and it was just joy. I just felt this unbelievable joy to be with these 20 random old people in Maine. It was so moving. She loves those people so much that it just radiates off the page and you feel encased in this love of people. I thought, there’s not many places I can go anymore and

nyeon (인연): A belief that we are predestined to fall in love with specific people as a result of meeting them in past lifetimes, sharing a connection and bond that transcends time and space.

"Even simply brushing clothes with someone is fate" (옷깃만 스쳐도 인연) is an old Korean proverb that means every interaction between you and another person—even a

Penguin pebbling is a neurodivergent version of one of the conventional love langauges: gift giving. However, instead of gifting jewelry, trips, or other items, this is all about giving the other partner smaller things that are more interesting or meaningful to the ND person. It can also mean giving the other person something you know they’re

Friendship is the greatest of worldly goods. Certainly to me it is the chief happiness of life. If I had to give a piece of advice to a young man about a place to live, I think I should say, 'sacrifice almost everything to live where you can be near your friends.’

– C.S. Lewis