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#23 Generosity as a practice
I've learned accidentally that generosity is extremely uncomfortable but can be learned. Giving to charities is not practicing generosity, it just fits into the norms of society. Gifts are uncomfortable because they create bonds. Give before it feels like you are ready. Giving can open you up to more possibility
I've learned accidentally that generosity is extremely uncomfortable but can be learned. Giving to charities is not practicing generosity, it just fits into the norms of society. Gifts are uncomfortable because they create bonds. Give before it feels like you are ready. Giving can open you up to more possibility
Paul Millerd • Tweet
Too many people think the grass is greener somewhere else but grass is green where you water it, remember that.
At the other side of the spectrum from boredom is addiction—not a disengagement but its dark reverse, a pathological degree of repetition or perseverance.
Brian Christian • The Alignment Problem
Been thinking about the meaning of life lately
It has no meaning.
This is more effective than trying to find something deeper
We’re here and then we’re gone. That’s it. It’s all a big game and you only get one ride. Enjoy the ride. https://t.co/ncgWFTJ9bo
"Meaning is not something you stumble across, like the answer to a riddle or the prize in a treasure hunt. Meaning is something you build into your life. You build it out of your own past, out of your affections and loyalties, out of the experience of humankind as it is passed on to you, out of your own talent and understanding, out of the things... See more
pbs.org • John Gardner : Education and Excellence
Miles Davis // "Man, sometimes it takes you a long time to sound like yourself."
instagram.com“Kindness is more than deeds. It is an attitude, an expression, a look, a touch. It is anything that lifts another person.”
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C.Neil Strait
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C.Neil Strait
A quote by C.Neil Strait
Curiosity is a stance well suited to the inherent unpredictability of life with others, because it can be satisfied by their behaving in ways you like or dislike—whereas the stance of demanding a certain result is frustrated each time things fail to go your way.
Oliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
To neglect any one of the three marriages is to impoverish them all, because they are not actually separate commitments but different expressions of the way each individual belongs to the world.