Thought provoking

I am not sure that I exist, actually.

I am the writers that I have read; the people that I have I have met; the women that I have loved; all the cities I have visited.

— Jorge Luis Borges, 1981

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During the Covid pandemic, Pete and I spoke by phone. In the beginning, I made the mistake of trying to advise him about how he could lift his depression. He had earlier gone to Vietnam to perform eye surgeries for those who were too poor to afford them. I told him he should do that again, since he found it so tremendously rewarding. I did not

David Brooks • How Do You Serve a Friend in Despair?

Infrastructure might be built by hands but culture is built by tongues. The person who changes the cultural conversation is someone who is able to identify truth and describe it so others can not only understand but participate in the story as a conscious being themselves.

“Forget about being a Writer. Follow the impulse to write. Let go of the thing that you’re trying to be (the noun), and focus on the actual work you need to be doing (the verb).”

Rob Henderson • On Writing

Perfectionism often wears the mask of high standards , ambition , discipline. It parades itself as virtue, a propriety. In reality, it is rarely about the pursuit of excellence but the terror of being perceived as inadequate.

perfectionism is a form of shame

I want to be able to seek discomfort. Make things harder on myself. I feel like it would make life so much more enjoyable. But I’m stuck in the same vicious cycle.

“Well, we use words to communicate, right? Still, most of our words don’t actually get across. You know what I mean? Well, our words might, but not what we’re actually trying to say. That’s what we’re always dealing with. We live in this place, in this world, where we can share our words but not our thoughts.

Mieko Kawakami • Breasts and Eggs

Choose wisely @theuniverse_calling 🪐

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