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This is the quiet art of living well. It does not demand that we abandon the world, but that we engage with it more mindfully. It asks that we slow down, that we look more closely, that we listen more carefully. For in doing so, we discover that much of what we seek—clarity, peace, even strength—was always within reach. It was simply waiting for us
... See moreBill Wear • The Quiet Art of Attention
“We live in the shelter of each other.” —Celtic saying
Sue Johnson • Hold Me Tight: Your Guide to the Most Successful Approach to Building Loving Relationships
can human beings come to understand their own well-being as linked to that of others, in wider and wider circles, beyond family and tribe?
Krista Tippett • Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and the Art of Living
Treat the people around you with care and attentiveness. There’s nothing more important than paying attention to the people you care about.
Ava • 28 things I’ve learned
Attention isn’t free. It’s the most valuable thing you spend.
Shane • Obsess Over the Basics
I believe that we can build something that offers people a chance to participate in these new types of experiences, punctuated by silence and other opportunities for reflection. And they must be offered—because they no longer emerge naturally in the world that we live in. In other words, people don’t naturally fall into them or opt-in to them. They... See more
Luke Burgis • The Case for Silence
Some social scientists and even philosophers suggest a different vision of friendship, in which friendship is conceived not as a ledger of emotional debits and credits but as an organic creation — an artwork — built by the friends themselves. Conceived in this way, friendships are not ranked or stratified along a bright line from BFF to near... See more
Lisa Miller • The Vexing Problem of the ‘Medium Friend’
- Do fewer things. 2. Work at a natural pace. 3. Obsess over quality.