note to self
“Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing. We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don’t really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come together again and fall apart again. It’s just like that. The healing comes from letting there be ... See more
9 Books to Soothe Your Nervous System
“Rather than letting our negativity get the better of us, we could acknowledge that right now we feel like a piece of shit and not be squeamish about taking a good look.”
9 Books to Soothe Your Nervous System
When Things Fall Apart
THE MORE LOVING ONE... See more
by W.H. Auden
Looking up at the stars, I know quite well
That, for all they care, I can go to hell,
But on earth indifference is the least
We have to dread from man or beast.
How should we like it were stars to burn
With a passion for us we could not return?
If equal affection cannot be,
Let the more loving one be me.
Admirer as I think
Maria Popova • The More Loving One: The Science of Entropy and the Art of Alternative Endings
I have found that the surest way of seeing the wondrous in something ordinary, something previously underappreciated, is coming to love someone who loves it. As we enter each other’s worlds in love — whatever its shape or species — we double our way of seeing, broaden our way of being, magnify our sense of wonder, and wonder is our best means of lo... See more
An Almanac of Birds: 100 Divinations for Uncertain Days
Our brains come preset to look at life up close. Don't forget to zoom out. https://t.co/zdJ5L7VmGF