shifting perspectives
things that make you change the way you see something
sari and
shifting perspectives
An embarrassingly simple reframe has been pretty profound for me: This is really hard, I must be doing something wrong to This is really hard, I must be doing something hard
H/t ashley mayer
rookie mistake for smart people everywhere is to obsess over truth at the expense of memetic fitness
Richard D. Bartlett • Tweet
the world becomes a lot easier to love when you go through it with the belief that everyone is usually doing their best, and is probably frustrated with their own shortcomings even more than you might be frustrated with them.
when someone disappoints or angers you, remember:
Isabel️twitter.com
less ”things I have learned“ lists and more ”things I am learning” — because sometimes it takes a minute…or a lifetime
“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness.
It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift."
- Mary Oliver
It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift."
- Mary Oliver
Annie Altman • Tweet
Intelligence is not central to the success of most life on Earth. Consider the grasses: they’ve flourished across incredibly diverse global environments, without planning or debating a single step. Planarian worms regrow any part of their body and are functionally immortal, a trick we can manage only in science fiction. And a microscopic virus... See more
Abigail Desmond & Michael Haslam • What Is Intelligent Life?
"When you play it too safe, you're taking the biggest risk of your life."