Natalie Audelo
@natalieaudelo
yes person for all things community, connection, & storytelling. civic optimist based in SF
Natalie Audelo
The rainbow can never truly be unwoven, because a rainbow is itself the universe unwoven: threads of color spun from our stellar source of life, unspooled by an invisible loom. How lucky are we to have physics to understand how it works, and poetry to capture how it feels? Science is not an adversary of magic any more than language is of life: an... See more
Reweaving the Rainbow: Science, Poetry, and the Magic of Nature | Atmos
When your familiar identity structures fall away, panic can arise. Instead of frantically trying to solve, focus. Listen. Observe. From stabilized awareness, the next true movement becomes visible.
To truly see, you must understand the physical and non physical ground you are standing on. Consciousness has become a... See more
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Writer Hanif Abdurraqib has said: “Find a living, breathing lineage to make yourself responsible to.” I love this encouragement to locate ourselves within an artistic, spiritual or cultural tradition and build loving, accountable connections with our compatriots.
373 / Offloading risk, distributing fear
An expectation spotlights your desires .
A standard underlines your values .
Let me show you what I mean.
If you expect a clutter-free home,
you’ll cringe every time something is out of place.
But if your standard is to remove what doesn’t add value,
your home will grow calmer over time.
If you expect six-pack abs,
every workout will feel like a failure.
Bu... See more
A standard underlines your values .
Let me show you what I mean.
If you expect a clutter-free home,
you’ll cringe every time something is out of place.
But if your standard is to remove what doesn’t add value,
your home will grow calmer over time.
If you expect six-pack abs,
every workout will feel like a failure.
Bu... See more
Expect Less
Expectations try to control life.
Standards allow life to delight you.
Standards allow life to delight you.
Expect Less
Most of us get decked somewhere along the way in life, slammed to the ground, the world looking down on us. And when—not if, when—that happens, we have a choice. Do we get back up? And when it happens again, do we get back up again? And again, and again, and again, and again? When I’m feeling clobbered by events, pounded by setbacks, or just
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