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Ahn and Chi have made their name in the Vancouver dine-out scene. They are doing two things fundementally right: storytelling and community building. https://anhandchi.com/
They define the name of the restaurant as:
Anh and Chi
[/ aĭŋ / ænd / tʃi/]: noun / conjunction / noun
1. Elder brother and elder sister of the same family;
2. respectful
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“Love is the drive towards the unity of the separated” “Power is the drive of everything living to realise itself, with increasing intensity and extensity“ “Justice arises from the reality that an unfair social system prevents people from participating as peers and that such unfairness produces a drive to transform that system“
- Question: How can I judge myself less harshly and appreciate myself more?
Ram Dass on self-judgment:
I think that part of it is observing oneself more impersonally. I often use this image, which I think I have used already, but let me say it again. That when you go out into the woods and you look at trees, you see all these different trees. And some ... See more Philosopher Moses Maimonides said, “Hope is belief in the plausibility of the possible, not only the necessity of the probable” (Abramsky, 2011).
- We are uncomfortable because everything in our life keeps changing -- our inner moods, our bodies, our work, the people we love, the world we live in. We can't hold on to anything -- a beautiful sunset, a sweet taste, an intimate moment with a lover, our very existence as the body/mind we call self -- because all things come and go. Lacking any per... See more
from Radical Compassion: Learning to Love Yourself and Your World with the Practice of R.A.I.N. by Tara Brach
the antidote to the present moment
- Fear is self-focused. Day to day, our fear is about us. What will happen if we give that speech, launch that project, get stuck in traffic, are eaten by an alligator...
And generosity is about others. “How can I help?”
Jumping in the water to save a struggling swimmer stops us from worrying about how we look in our suit or whether the water is cold. ... See morefrom Seth's Blog : Generosity and fear
“The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.”
—Terry Pratchett
i am in the process of curing a chronic inflammation in my ankle. I am developing a relationship to understand my ankle and my body further.
A thought came up in the pool: if the condition became chronic because what I did on the every day basis, I should have the opportunity to act different every day from now paying more attention to my body and
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