rob hardy
@robhardy
writer of manifestos, petter of cats. in devotional pursuit of a more beautiful internet đą
rob hardy
ungated.life
I find for myself that my first thought is never my best thought. My first thought is always someone elseâs; itâs always what Iâve already heard about the subject, always the conventional wisdom. Itâs only by concentrating, sticking to the question, being patient, letting all the parts of my mind come into play, that I arrive at an original idea.
... See moreWilliam Deresiewicz ⢠Solitude and Leadership
You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.
â James Baldwin
Ayishat Akanbi ⢠Sentences That Have Shaped Me
Itâs common for addicts to realize that itâs addiction all the way down. While some of us have had more âextremeâ addictions, all of us have been captured by a recurring false possibility that a certain solution will ease our pain, only to make our problems and pain worse.
Itâs baffling how susceptible we are to this progressive,... See more
Itâs baffling how susceptible we are to this progressive,... See more
Dan Hunt on Substack
recovery and
The late eighteenth-century Hasidic master Rebbe Nachman of Breslov teaches us, âIf you want to return to God you must make yourself into a new creation. You can do this with a sigh.â9
Adina Allen ⢠The Place of All Possibility: Cultivating Creativity Through Ancient Jewish Wisdom
If algorithms delve into every corner of our lives until nothing inexplicable remains, the loss will be tremendous.
Tim Leberecht ⢠The Business Romantic
i have a theory about God i talk about all the time
He knows He canât reach everyone through the same methods, so He meets you in a way you can understand
if youâre naturally funny, He puts you in situations that, in hindsight, are so absurd you canât help but laugh
if youâre analytical, He shows up as patterns. coincidences that line up too cleanly... See more
He knows He canât reach everyone through the same methods, so He meets you in a way you can understand
if youâre naturally funny, He puts you in situations that, in hindsight, are so absurd you canât help but laugh
if youâre analytical, He shows up as patterns. coincidences that line up too cleanly... See more
mads campbell ⢠Tweet
the last line in many respects is the essence of the poetâs work, to work with the questions âthat have no right to go awayâ in the life of an individual, in the life of a relationship or marriage, and in our collective conversations in an increasingly fraught, worldwide society.