Kirsten
@rootyarn
Following threads of not knowing and seeing what structures they form. Delighting in the pulse of life and the moment. Trusting in living systems, the cosmos and the trip that is life.
Kirsten
rootyarn.com
It's all retch and no vomit.
- Alan Watts
years ago someone suggested using the word devotion instead of discipline and I swear it’s the only reason I am so committed to the things that I love ~ bc devotion is an act of love ~ while discipline feels like an act of force
viendasubstack.com
All of this research shows that we are the great masterworks of our own storytelling minds—figments of our own imaginations. We think of ourselves as very stable and real. But our memories constrain our self-creation less than we think, and they are constantly being distorted by our hopes and dreams. Until the day we die, we are living the story of
... See moreJonathan Gottschall • The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human
How do we talk about power without overpowering.
Feels like we are so attached to power meaning overpower. Then we try to compare it with other things like wisdom. (article by Kaspar) on LinkedIn/Illuminem.
But then isn't wisdom also power?
Go deeper into definition of power
Power is a tricky one, many definitions, but here is a little thought. The way we often seem to speak about power is that those who reign over entire countries with threats and violence have more power than we have.
And I have been questioning for a while the consequences of repeating these types of stories to ourselves.
I think that the the person
... See moreAlways stick to what makes you weird, odd, strange, different. That’s your source of power.
Robert Greenetwitter.com