Category: journal
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Look, but with love: A social media rule
For years I’ve struggled with a toxic relationship with being online. A lovely friend and I recently both shared this realization that we can feel when our being online turns from good/healthy/beneficial to pure toxic. The ironic indicator is the moment we’ve scrolled over something and didn’t like it.
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Be curious
New rule for myself, because I’ve been going crazy. Inspired by Elizabeth Gilbert’s book Big Magic: The Art of Creative Living. Criticalness can be heavy, negative, tiring, isolating. Curiosity can be light, inquisitive, loving, connecting.
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We share the beach
We share the beach. We come as we are. How do we know there’s not a prayer in each heart? Who am I to say what language you share with God? We are all here, we came as we are. I see it now.
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Secure vs. Insecure
In one of our hours long Stranger Magic meetings, Yumna Khan helped label the difference between someone who is insecure vs. secure. Secure people lift each other up, acknowledge each other’s accomplishments, and take pride in each other’s wins. Insecure people see everything as a competition – there can only…
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Weekly Things: Meower Rangers
Artist Austin Kleon shares lists like these, and I’m kind of obsessed with his books, so here are 5 things I found worth sharing this week: -1- Meower Rangers. The theme song is up there with the genius of Purina Meow Mix.