Fatima Arenas
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Fatima Arenas
Feeling seen · Molly Mielke
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What love is and Connecting to people
“As the sheer number of people I love has dramatically expanded in the past year, I keep finding myself looking around asking, “isn’t it insane how much acknowledgement we all need and how great it is to give it?” For the most part, people do not find it insane. In fact, most have no idea what I’m talking about. In conversation, love is often tiptoed around and treated like a scarce resource. But it doesn’t really matter because my revelation remains the same: I’ve found a deep sense of purpose in dedicating myself to bettering the lives of the people I love.”
What the humans like is responsiveness - by Sasha Chapin What the humans like is responsiveness
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“People who are direct are generally in touch with themselves and their desires. People who are habitually indirect usually aren’t.
This is because people who are indirect don’t have much experience with their inner world making contact with the outer world. They sit and theorize instead of saying it out loud and seeing... See more
Big ideas don’t show up fully formed, standing in our path. They need to be coaxed unto the open through persistent inquiry and exploration.
We don’t give other people credit for the same interior complexity we take for granted in ourselves, the same capacity for holding contradictory feelings in balance, for complexly alloyed affections, for bottomless generosity of heart and petty, capricious malice. We can’t believe that anyone could be unkind to us and still be genuinely fond of us,... See more