Dinah Craik, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinah_Craik
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Comfort →
A teaching moment on sexual assault →
This is worse than just “objectification” of women, because we would never tolerate similar thinking about actual objects: If your drive for acquisition overcomes your impulse control, you’re a thief, period. The strength of your greed does you no credit; you’re not complimenting the wealth of the people you steal from; it’s not their fault for having such nice stuff or displaying it so attractively; and we don’t give in to the inevitability of theft whenever valuable objects are visible to people who might desire them. When it comes to object-lust, self-control is the price of staying in civilization; if you can’t muster it, we’ll lock you away”
~ Doug Muder from, A Teaching Moment on Sexual Assault
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True friends →
True friends stab you in the front.
~ Oscar Wilde
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Ultralight, by Leo Babauta →
The freedom that resulted was so incredible. We felt liberated. We could travel faster, farther, happier. Sure, we gave up a handful of comforts, but in return we got the comfort of being unburdened.
Recently, Leo Babauta put together a spectacular book on travel called, Ultralight. I’ve only recently begun reading it, but it covers a great deal of what I wanted to say. And — as with so many things Leo writes — it’s written better than I could hope to do myself. So for now, start with this book (it’s a very affordable Ebook). I expect some of what I add to this series will be commentary and thoughts on what Leo has written, and some will be from the notes I’ve already compiled on my own.
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Iris hollandica ‘Sapphire Beauty’ →
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Never ceases to amaze me →
Solemn. Good way to start a mindful day in NYC w friends.
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Aaaaah Manny’s →
Always start by doing stuff…
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Maturity →
I don’t know the actual meaning of maturity. But for me, maturity is when a person hurts you and you try to understand their situation rather than hurting them back.
~ unknown
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Kalmia latifolia ‘Peppermint’ →
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Take big swings →
The great thing about taking chances when you’re younger is you have less to lose, and you don’t know as much. So you take big swings.
~ Amy Poehler
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