On Existence
“Boundaries teach us that existence is unavoidably dangerous”
From the Sinners scene in the car
I cry a lot these days. In no particular direction.
Courtnee Futch from With Love & Butter • I Am Terrified of Who I'm Becoming. Honesty & Other Musings
On becoming emotional...ly intelligent.
I've cried more in the past couple months... years than in my whole life. In both all directions and none at all.
Over heartbreak. Over gratitude. Over disappointment. Over forgiveness. Over anger and bitterness. Over past trauma. Over future anxiety (is that one and the same?)
To have a sense of humor is to be strong: to keep one's sense of humor is to shrug off misfortunes, and to lose one's sense of humor is to be wounded by them. And so the mark-- or at least the prerogative-- of strength is not to take oneself too seriously.
paulgraham.com • Taste for Makers
What holds true for the soil—that you must give it more than you take away—also holds true for nations, institutions, marriage, friendship, education, in short for human culture as a whole, which comes into being and maintains itself in time only as long as its cultivators overgive of themselves.
Robert Pogue Harrison • Gardens: An Essay on the Human Condition
Leisure is not a time to retreat from the world. Rather, it’s a time for poetry, prayer, and philosophy — a chance to reflect on where we’ve been, where we are, and where we’re going.