Apathy is not compatible with love
The Five Hate Languages
I’ve been thinking that if there are five primary love languages (words of affirmation, quality time, receiving gifts, acts of service, and physical touch) to build connection, then certainly there must be opposite forms of this to express or to feel hate and dissonance. And that also means that we may even be expressing in ourselves in a way that harms others without realizing as well.
Keep Swinging.
You never know where you'll end up in this life or who you'll meet along the way, but the most important thing is to remember: keep swinging. As Justice Thurgood Marshall once wrote, "You do what you think is right and let the law catch up."
Make Every Word Count
If your life could only be judged by your words, how would you be remembered?
Uses for Friction
For those looking to disrupt, to make good trouble, or to create social change, remember: movement creates friction.
National Loving Day
Remember, justice isn’t arrived at because people want to uphold the status quo or because social order is prioritized over people. Sometimes, it takes troublemakers to bring about change. But always, without a doubt, it requires a generous dose of courage, empathy, and love. Here’s to National Loving Day, a reminder that it is always worth fighting for the people we love.
Rushing and Navigating
When is rushing a good idea? When we think about both our professional and personal lives, there’s a general consensus that rushing is a bad idea because it can often lead to mistakes. Like interest, those errors can compound if let unchecked and uncorrected.
