Gabby

“A community is a group of people with a common project.”
― David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

“He knows that success, in this moment or any, is not about turning his emotions off; it’s about understanding how to use emotions skillfully without letting them completely take over. And that’s a critically important insight because experiencing emotions for humans is like breathing air: Our emotions are both unavoidable and crucial to our survival.”
― Ethan Kross, Shift: Managing Your Emotions--So They Don't Manage You

“Emotions aren’t good or bad; they are just information. There is an essential place in our lives for anger, sadness, guilt, grief, and a host of other “negative” emotions when they’re experienced in the right proportions. The absolutist view that to live your best life, you need to rid yourself of negativity is a dangerous myth. Each of our emotions, however unpleasant in the moment, contains a powerful wisdom, shaped by evolution and experience.”
― Ethan Kross, Shift: Managing Your Emotions--So They Don't Manage You

“Morality is mostly about how you pay attention to others. Moral behavior happens continuously throughout the day, even during the seemingly uneventful and everyday moments.”
― David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen