By Julie Beck — 2019
"It was a lot more than just cavalry guys getting together. We really became true family."
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Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our natural lives.
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People who bore one another should meet seldom; people who interest one another, often.
Do not waste time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him.
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We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship.
What draws people to be friends is that they see the same truth. They share it.
Friendship . . . is born at the moment when one man says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .’
John O'Donohue, poet, philosopher, and scholar, guides you through the spiritual landscape of the Irish imagination.
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We have a strong instinct to belong to small groups defined by clear purpose and understanding—“tribes.” This tribal connection has been largely lost in modern society, but regaining it may be the key to our psychological survival.
A health psychologist and lecturer at Stanford University who specializes in understanding the mind-body connection, Kelly is a pioneer in the field of ‘science-help,’ translating insights from psychology and neuroscience into practical strategies that support personal well-being and community...