Stuart Evans
@stuartevans
piano technician • collaborative pianist
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I heard the theory that all emotions boil down to fear and love and explored that deeply for a while. I also discovered this kind of distillation is very western.
Anger is also considered “bad” in the western culture generally.
I notice that my anger always points to something I care... See more
Joe Hudsonx.comBeing truthful is an individual and communal effort — it means training, not only cognitive abilities, but empathetic relational ones, and our embodied experience in the world. It also means acknowledging that we don’t always have the answer. Admitting our vulnerable ignorance in the face of overwhelming mixed messages may be a good first step.
Rebel Wisdom • The War on Sensemaking
Thursday Boot Company | Handcrafted with Integrity
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Given any project, always aim no higher than the quality target, and always strive for minimum expenditure of effort. It doesn't matter whether you're writing a term paper, pulling a person out of a burning house, or creating a galaxy-spanning human civilization — the goal is always to achieve some quality target with minimum effort.
mindingourway.com • Half-Assing It With Everything You've Got
Should we be shocked that people believe irrational things? Not really. We bombard children with information before we teach them how to think critically. It’s a daily mass murder of malleable mindsets.
Riva • Why Our Belief Systems Create Misperceptions- Published in The European, Nov 2014
my tendency’s been to fixate on what’s difficult, painful, or scary in my experience, with a sincere desire to improve or change them. lately, i’m convinced there’s a better option: to shift my attention to what's good, beautiful, and pleasurable & allow those to saturate my life
nibras - offline till 15 Jul - ꩜ نبراس ◡̈x.comToxic Empathy, the Supreme Court, and the Betrayal of the Gospels
Daniel Pinchbeckdanielpinchbeck.substack.com