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Quotes about how, why, who, where we belong to life, to each other, to all beings, to this planet
Belonging : Belonging is the innate human desire to be part of something larger than us . Because this yearning is so primal , we often try to acquire
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 mo
“I'm hoping, through this action, through this lawsuit, that we can just call out the federal government to begin to enforce American laws,” Moor said
Inspiration, how other have responded to tough, scary news, and a long process of caregiving.
The fatigue of grief is fucking staggering.
This song from the show New Amsterdam always touches me with it’s simplicity and gentleness. https://open.spotify.com/track/52h1R2xNPFrNh7U9Yghcjq?si=
My dad wanted me to know about this interview with Jon Baptiste whose wife had cancer… Jon Batiste Almost Got Kicked Out Of Juilliard : Fresh Air : NP
what does it mean to live a good life?
“You can search and search all your life, but sometimes you need to realise you’ve arrived.”
“So often people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard.”
Christians believe purgatory exists because of God’s divine mercy, but even here on earth, perhaps the waiting period is more merciful than we realize
to be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing.
philosophical content pointing us towards living a meaningful life
When I look at a lot of what I’ve been writing for the last few years it’s infrequent and too often about things and not enough of what I think about
When we die we always leave things unfinished.
Sometimes, we need to experience a moment of mortality like this to remember our days of even drawing another breath — let alone surrounded by friends
That private platforms such as Amazon’s Twitch, Twitter and Facebook now constitute the digital equivalents to public spheres is as much a political f
collectively-owned social and cultural institutions built on decentralised infrastructure: democratically governed manifestations of collective intere
We [also] build our sense of civic identity and opinions about government through social interactions. […] Our social capital — which Putnam defines a