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People don’t want you to be perfect.
What they want is to feel connected to you.
What they want is to feel connected to you.
Joe Hudson • Tweet
Love is the quality of attention we pay to things.
(J. D. McClatchy)
Mr. Rogers once said, “I’m very concerned that our society is much more interested in information than wonder.” Revelations probably swim past us all the time, we just fail to capture them in our relentless quest for the next byte of data or the next notification. The answers we look for are usually not invented but found. Truth never moves; when... See more
death and life nudges
“What matters most in how kids turn out is who we are as parents”
Farnam Street • Dr. Laura Markham: Peaceful Parenting [The Knowledge Project Ep. #52]
The overarching point is that what we think of as ‘distractions’ aren’t the ultimate cause of our being distracted. They’re just the places we go to seek relief from the discomfort of confronting limitation. The reason it’s hard to focus on a conversation with your spouse isn’t that you’re surreptitiously checking your phone beneath the dinner
... See moreOliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks
If you let go a little, you will have a little peace.
If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace.
(Ajahn Chah)
Following a religion improves your daily actions, feels wonderful, and connects you to a worldwide community. These are better reasons than insisting it’s absolutely true.
Same with philosophies, nationalities, norms, and concepts like loyalty, destiny, and identity. None of these are true. But they are useful.