Luíza
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Luíza
A great writer mimicking, on the page, the dynamic energy of human thought is as about as close as we can get to modeling pure empathy.
Maria Popova • How to Be an Instrument of Kindness in a Harsh World: George Saunders on Unthinking the Mind, Unstorying the Self, and the 3 Antidotes to Your Suffering
Here is the mathematical logic of the spirit: If love is the quality of attention we pay something other than ourselves and hate is the veil of not understanding ourselves, then loving the world more — the other word for which is kindness — is largely a matter of deepening our awareness and sharpening our attention on both sides of the skin that... See more
Maria Popova • How to Be an Instrument of Kindness in a Harsh World: George Saunders on Unthinking the Mind, Unstorying the Self, and the 3 Antidotes to Your Suffering
oh shit
The artist is not a preacher, nor a savior, but simply someone brave enough to burn in their own fire until what remains may light the way for others.
Bread and Freedom
The “free market” is a fucking con . When you or I run out of money, our things are taken from us, we receive increasingly-panicked letters, we get phone calls and texts and emails and demands, we are told that all will be lost if we don’t “work it out,” because the financial system is not about an exchange of value but whether or not you can enter... See more
The Enshittifinancial Crisis
Everyone searches for opportunities while running from problems, missing that they’re the same thing. Problems aren’t obstacles to opportunity, they ARE the opportunity. — Shane Parrish
52 Surprising Things / Watchable American history / See yourself as a verb
Reframing questions to the universe for clearer guidance, moving from seeking definitive answers to seeking reassurance for your path.
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Here's the truth. The universe always dreams bigger for us than we can. And there is a connectivity that spans over time and a much bigger picture than we can often see in our little myopic view of the here and now or where we at in our lives or the experience we having
So the question I would love people to ask instead of, is this the right
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Overcoming mental blocks by understanding the brain's safety instinct and using visualization to step outside your comfort zone.
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And I think when we think about our brain trying to keep us safe, and that's a really big reason why the brain tries to keep us kind of in our comfort zone, right? But it's super important to recognize and acknowledge that any sort of growth happens outside of our comfort zones.
I would not be in the position where I am today if I didn't take
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