Lori Abichandani

“Let us repeat this: inner action must precede all other action.”

Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more

The little man in my pocket

We live in time

Olivia Vagelos

Oct 23

READ IN APP

Last night we took ourselves on a date to the movies.

Walked into ‘We live in time’ while the outside light was still early, fall dusk and softening, and walked out in the darkness. Spent an hour and forty seven minutes jumping... See more

Our evolutionary shift from arboreal life to bipedal walking paved the way for awe. As we began to walk upright, our perception of the world changed; we encountered vast vistas and mysteries of what lies beyond. We became a wandering species, timing our migrations and settlements to the cycles and patterns of the sun, weather, seasons, life cycles

... See more

Here he is: “In addition to cognitive intelligence —which is still important—we also have emotional intelligence, moral intelligence, musical intelligence, aesthetic intelligence, intrapersonal intelligence, kinesthetic or bodily intelligence, mathematical intelligence, social or interpersonal intelligence, values intelligence, and spiritual... See more

This is the beauty of alternative community space and the result of disability and care activism at work; we all place somewhere on a continuum of ability, we all could use genuine, proactive, enthusiastic offers of support every day. It is how we let our friends and collaborators and strangers know that we’re thinking of them. It’s how we feel... See more

But they also need emotional capital — good energy, positivity, and resilience. The best way to control your emotional capital is to fine tune your internal monologue and replace your hunger for approval with a desire to grow.

As Charles Baudelaire so wisely reminded us:

“Genius is no more than childhood recaptured at will, childhood equipped with man's physical means to express itself, and with the analytical mind that enables it to bring order into the sum of experience, involuntarily amassed.”

To reclaim your nature, you must honour it. You must trust it. And perhaps... See more