Lisa

“When we learn new words and ideas, and then begin to see them everywhere, the world is suddenly more legible and more vivid. Language reveals to us what was always there, but to what before we may have simply passed over, we now feel intimately connected.1 —Meara Sharma”
― Fred Dust, Making Conversation: Seven Essential Elements of Meaningful Communication

“It’s a reflection of the genuine constraints of unfortunate circumstances. When operating at the bottom, the ancient brain counter assumes that even the smallest unexpected impediment might produce an uncontrollable chain of negative events, which will have to be handled alone, as useful friends are rare indeed, on society’s fringes. You will therefore continually sacrifice what you could otherwise physically store for the future, using it up on heightened readiness and the possibility of immediate panicked action in the present.”
― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

“Shared truths create the foundation for humor. So instead of asking yourself what is funny, start by asking what is true. We’ll find humor from there.”
― Jennifer Aaker, Humor, Seriously: Why Humor Is a Secret Weapon in Business and Life

“I have drunken deep of joy,
And I will taste no other wine tonight.”
― Percy Bysshe Shelley