[Amatonormativity favours relating as couples or family units over anything else, including relating to the land.]
[Don't mistake silence for approval. Not everyone can afford to tell Pharoah that building pyramids is a bad idea.]
[Diffuse hostile customer support requests by starting every email with 'Hey!' and hostile approaches with 'Sorry about the hassle.' as a way to diffuse.]
Fools don't trust mirrors.
Try to stay grounded in your intentions.
Don't preach to a choir, don't argue with a choir.
What matters to other people is what they think comes naturally to you without thinking.
A year from now we will be laughing.
[The purpose determines the course. If we are clear about 'why', then the how is more evident and we can define success.]
Indian music, sangeet, was originally conceived as an offering. Tagore said that creativity comes from a recognition of the excess that life has given to us: we offer what is bit ours.
More than people knowing who you are, give them chances to see you in action.
If it's essentially harmful can it be justified as 'temporary'?
[Contemporary utopia is resistance against entities claiming that history is over, that we should accept things as we are, that there are no alternatives.]
Nature is prolific.
Not all bricks are nourishing. Be aware of what is being practiced.
Nature is abundant. Nature does not imagine.
[Happiness is a choice.]
How can we appropriate the mind's repetition and 'latching onto things' to reinforce healthy practices?
[Focus on laying a perfect brick everyday and eventually you'll look up and there will be a wall.]
What can I say or offer as a pleasant surprise to the other person?
[Recognize when nothing seems to be working and stop, wait, meditate, reboot. Don't force anything.]
