Thomas Unterkircher
@tomchen
Thomas Unterkircher
People fall out of love when they lose faith in the story the other person is writing. You wake up one day and think: why am I trapped inside this narrative? I don’t even like your prose.
Ava • tension and flow
There is the kindness of ‘please’ and ‘thank you.’ And the kindness of “I was wrong, I’m sorry.” The small kindnesses that smooth our interactions and help other people feel as though you’re aware of them .
Seth Godin • Three types of kindness
Everything worth having lives on the other side of effort.
Everything good requires tending. Everything beautiful demands maintenance.
The people who understand this most deeply are often the happiest, because they've made peace with the beautiful burden of nurturing. They know that the dishes exist because they've been eating good meals all week. T... See more
Everything good requires tending. Everything beautiful demands maintenance.
The people who understand this most deeply are often the happiest, because they've made peace with the beautiful burden of nurturing. They know that the dishes exist because they've been eating good meals all week. T... See more
He kisses - how do I explain it? Like someone in love. Like he has nothing to lose. Like someone who has just learned a foreign language and can only use the present tense and only the second person. Only now, only you.
Andrew Sean Greer • Less
An Embrace
Alexi Pappas on how the story you tell yourself is the most powerful one in the world.
"How you talk about your experiences will dictate how you feel about them. Reframing our goals and rewriting our stories are powerful tools. Nobody can tell us how to feel about something. We can make our shortcomings into something beautiful if we want to. How w... See more
"How you talk about your experiences will dictate how you feel about them. Reframing our goals and rewriting our stories are powerful tools. Nobody can tell us how to feel about something. We can make our shortcomings into something beautiful if we want to. How w... See more
Brain Food: Interested vs. Committed
They forgave each other without sharing the details of their betrayals. They would spend the rest of their lives atoning for those months when they had not only forsaken their marriage but given up hope. Each child became a consecration, further commitment to stay put and be happy. And they often were.
Angela Flournoy • The Turner House
That’s the very reason they put rubbers on the end of pencils... because people make mistakes.
– Phoebe Waller-Bridge
In meditation, you may feel loving or calm. If so, wonderful — enjoy. Or you may feel annoyed or self-conscious. Also no problem. If these latter occur, have a sense of humor about the backfiring hilarity of this meditative situation, and send that sense of humor down and into your black, black heart. Compassion by another name. There's always a wo... See more
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