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Whether a structure upholds the citizenship and dignity of people who have to live their lives within and around it, in my view, is very close to the heart of whether a structure is “good.”

How to Build a Society for All to Enjoy - Issue 107

nautil.us

Simultaneously, I realized that perhaps the main effect of my self-loathing, in my life, had been to get in the way of how much love I could show other people. Before me, in my consciousness, in what felt like 50-foot-tall neon letters, blinked the question: *DO YOU HAVE THE COURAGE TO BE AS LOVING AS YOU CAN POSSIBLY BE*

How I Attained Persistent Self-Love, or, I Demand Deep Okayness For Everyone How I Attained Persistent Self-Love, or, I Demand Deep Okayness For Everyone

Sasha Chapin

There is an alternative: the unfashionable but powerful notion of letting time use you, approaching life not as an opportunity to implement your predetermined plans for success but as a matter of responding to the needs of your place and your moment in history.

Four Thousand Weeks

Oliver Burkeman

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