“Reading is an act of civilization; it’s one of the greatest acts of civilization because it takes the free raw material of the mind and builds castles of possibilities.” ―Ben Okri #poemstr #grownostr #plebchain #philosopherpoet #nostr #quotes #reading #books

“I am old, Gandalf. I don't look it, but I am beginning to feel it in my heart of hearts. Well-preserved indeed! Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean: like butter that has been scraped over too much bread. That can't be right. I need a change, or something.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings Today has been a long day, I spent a good portion of it helping my parents install their air conditioners for the summer and move things they shouldn't be moving and I go to see some of my nieces and nephews for a bit. They were a little sad because I was running out of gas but that time so I wasn't as open to running around with them as I usually am. My sister saw that I had been bitten by a deer tick, so now I'm all paranoid about Lymes disease (am I tired or just sick?) I took a nap and work up to wash clothes for work tomorrow, I am behind on my weekly preparations but just feeling empty. Back to bed. #grownostr #plebchain #quotes #nostrafterdark #philosopherpoet #nostr

“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.” ―Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood I would love to hear your most obscure book recommendations. Give me the weirdest, niche book that tickled the neurons in your cranium! I will zap every recommendation, thanks! #grownostr #plebchain #quotes #nostrafterdark #philosopherpoet #nostr

Find your Tribe. #grownostr #plebchain #nostr #comic #humor #poorlydrawnlines #friends #friendship

Read books. Be kind. Stay weird. #nostr #grownostr #plebchain #philosopherpoet #NostrAfterDark #coffeechain #emotionalsupport #passiveencouragement

In the End You were a part of the sky on loan to a body. A part of the sea that awoke to thought. A part of the Earth who borrowed a name. The essential piece of you that lingers is the love and knowledge that you set in motion while you moved through the waking world. You are nature and nature will go on, but there is a kindness that only you can choose to bring to the world. ~Field Guide to the Haunted Forest #poemstr #grownostr #plebchain #philosopherpoet #poetry #FavoritePoems #NostrAfterDark #nostr #nocturnal #bedtimeprocrastination

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn the more places you'll go." - Dr. Seuss #grownostr #plebchain #quotes #nostrafterdark #philosopherpoet #nostr

“The interest of [businessmen] is always in some respects different from, and even opposite to, that of the public ... The proposal of any new law or regulation of commerce which comes from this order ... ought never to be adopted, till after having been long and carefully examined ... with the most suspicious attention. It comes from an order of men ... who have generally an interest to deceive and even oppress the public” ― Adam Smith, An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. Volume 1 of 2 #grownostr #plebchain #quotes #nostrafterdark #philosopherpoet #nostr

It's not always about the zaps. You don't even know how much a like/heart, retreat, or positive comment will be the thing that keeps another person going through their day. Be the wind in another ship's sails, the tiny respite in a horrible day. Imagine that one tiny input from you is the lifeline that a lost, drowning swimmer needs to survive another day. Be kind. Take a moment, if you throw a positive thought to a stranger, what's the worst that could happen. Positive actions over time change the world. Never stop supporting each other: we are stronger together. Undefeatable. #nostr #grownostr #plebchain #philosopherpoet #NostrAfterDark #coffeechain #emotionalsupport #passiveencouragement

"Let us conduct ourselves so that all men wish to be our friends and all hate to be our enemies." -Alexander the Great * posted from Amethyst (for science) #grownostr #plebchain #quotes #nostrafterdark #philosopherpoet #nostr

Home Safety Tip If you are awoken by a strange sound, make a stranger sound. If there's no response, congratulations. You are the monster now. Get out of bed. You don't need to sleep anymore. Now, all you need are the shadows and the endless whispers of dark corners. Jarod K. Anderson #poemstr #grownostr #plebchain #philosopherpoet #poetry #FavoritePoems #NostrAfterDark #nostr #nocturnal #bedtimeprocrastination

Going Only humans believe there is a word for goodbye we have one in every language one of the first words we learn it is made out of greeting but they are going away the raised hand waving the face the person the place the animal the day leaving the word behind and what it was meant to say GN Frens #nostr #poemstr #grownostr #plebchain #philosopherpoet #poetry #FavoritePoems #NostrAfterDark

“If you keep experiencing the same things, your mind keeps its same patterns. Same inputs, same responses. Your brain, which was once curious and growing, gets fixed into deep habits. Your values and opinions harden and resist change. You really learn only when you’re surprised. If you’re not surprised, then everything is fitting into your existing thought patterns. So to get smarter, you need to get surprised, think in new ways, and deeply understand different perspectives. With effort, you could do this from the comfort of home. But the most effective way to shake things up is to move across the world. Pick a place that’s most unlike what you know, and go. This keeps you in a learning mindset. Previously mindless habits, like buying groceries, now keep your mind open, alert, and noticing new things. New arrivals in a culture often notice what the locals don’t. (Fish don’t know they’re in water.)” #grownostr #plebchain #trysomethingnewtoday

“The key to making money, and therefore living a life of less stress, is to cause someone to joyfully give you money in exchange for something that they perceive to be of greater value than the money they gave you.” #grownosr #plebchain #nostr #v4v #LiveFreeZapFree #ZapZap

We all like to pretend that "Inside you, there are two wolves..." In reality inside you, there is one monkey and you have no idea what you're doing! #grownostr #plebchain #monkey

Systems engineer and environmental scientist Donella Meadows on nonmaterial needs: "People don't need enormous cars; they need admiration and respect. They don't need a constant stream of new clothes; they need to feel that others consider them to be attractive, and they need excitement and variety and beauty. People don't need electronic entertainment; they need something interesting to occupy their minds and emotions. And so forth. Trying to fill real but nonmaterial needs—for identity, community, self-esteem, challenge, love, joy—with material things is to set up an unquenchable appetite for false solutions to never-satisfied longings. A society that allows itself to admit and articulate its nonmaterial human needs, and to find nonmaterial ways to satisfy them, world require much lower material and energy throughputs and would provide much higher levels of human fulfillment." Source: The Limits to Growth #grownostr #plebchain #philosopherpoet #quotes #people #lifeworthliving #humanity