Lael Johnson
@beadgold
Retired cat lady and life coach. Also a Jesus believer/follower, creative, loves Japanese culture, Celtic music, Pinterest and clean humor, plus other stuff.
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The invisible and the small is rapidly spreading as a desirable, status-signaling social experience beyond Tyler Brûlé’s world, Japanese bars, and menswear forums.
Ana Andjelic • How Micro-Communities Transform Aspiration
Don’t mistake silence for apathy. When people are quiet, they’re often busy thinking and learning.
Extraverts like to process ideas by talking them through. Introverts prefer to reflect before they speak.
I'm not disengaged. I'm listening to your views and formulating mine.
I am grateful for peace.
Perhaps the most astonishing lesson of World War Two is that, in the aftermath of total war and unconditional surrender, a hard reset of two very different cultures was possible. Judging from the Allied victory over Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, it certainly seems that one can bomb ideas—by obliterating many of the people who hold them. Kill a s
... See moreFrom Sam Harris • Hamas and Human Sacrifice
In haragei, the most important factor in communication is your honesty and your intent. If you are concealing something, then no matter how adept you think you are at hiding it, it will always be communicated at an unconscious level.
Richard Rudd • The Art of Contemplation: Gentle path to wholeness and prosperity
Angry people are not always wise.
Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice
stress is a perverted relationship to time, so that rather than being a subject of your own time, you have become its target and victim, and time has become routine
John O'Donohue • John O’Donohue — The Inner Landscape of Beauty
One of my closest friends says his love language is deep attention. When I’m confused about a situation, he listens to what I have to say, directs me with careful questions, and then goes away for a few hours. Eventually, he comes back with a question or framing that slices through my fog. I treasure his speech deeply. The attention that undergirds... See more