“While the shape of the curve seems to…
[When] we momentarily lose touch with ourselves and with the full extent of our possibilities…we fall into a robot-like way of seeing and thinking and doing… If we are not careful, those clouded moments can stretch out and become most of our lives…[The] sheer momentum of your unconsciousness in this…
When we catch ourselves in moments of negativity, how should we respond?
If you read enough about mindfulness, it sometimes sounds like we’re supposed to be able to close our eyes, take three long breaths, and let go our raging emotions like a soft, fluffy clouds…
“When things fall apart and we can’t get the pieces back together, when we lose something dear to us, when the whole thing is just not working, and we don’t know what to do, this is the time when the natural warmth of tenderness, the warmth of empathy and kindness, are just waiting to be uncovered, just waiting…
Mortimer Adler has a beautiful take on reading: it should be treated like a conversation with the author.