On Community
When you write in-depth about an off-the-beaten-path subject, you’ll attract people at the outer edges of the personality curve. Use it to shrink the world, and surround yourself with like-minded people.
perell.com • Audience-First Products — David Perell
But if your fear of people discourages you from being faithful to the text and to God, then somewhere in there you don’t believe God is with you.
Jackie Hill Perry • Upon Waking
Western Therapy is Not Decolonized
Western therapy loves to teach boundaries, self-reliance, and how to leave at the first sign of a “red flag.”
But have we stopped to ask who that advice is really for?
For Black, immigrant, and collectivist cultures, therapy... See more
instagram.comIf I’m saying this with MY sleep schedule…
tiktok.comThe only true way to expand your world is to inhabit an otherness beyond ourselves. There is one simple word for this: empathy. Don’t let them fool you. Empathy is violent. Empathy is tough. Empathy can rip you open. Once you go there, you can be changed.
Colum McCann • Letters to a Young Writer
#social
a community of friends and neighbors that provide both safety net and spring board—support when things are hard, and celebration when things are especially good. We, in turn, provide those things for them.
Mia Birdsong • How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community
Successful relationships aren’t about two healed people coming together to have the perfect relationship.
They’re about unhealed people having the courage to show the parts of themselves they usually hide.
They’re about unhealed people learning how to ask for help, accept... See more