A human being becomes human not through the casual convergence of certain biological conditions, but through an act of will and love on the part of other people.
Italo Calvino
So relevant after, this weekend.
If I have any followers who didn’t read the news, and who have Windows computers, make sure to update them now.
And yeah, back up your stuff.
For Mother’s Day, pioneering psychologist Donald Winnicott’s timeless wisdom on the mother’s contribution to society.
One other place that was remarkable was where you are supposed to close your eyes and walk the path (which was quite long and varied) through the woods while holding on to the rope with your left hand.
With vision blocked, you feel the forest with just your ears, nose and feet – and it is something completely different and special.
This pretty much sums up what today was like. I ended up skipping lunch because I didn’t want to leave this place, and now I have to find an early dinner, then spend an hour or so looking at tomorrow’s presentation, and then try to sleep early.
I always thought of myself as liking being alone but now I’m seeing that I apparently terribly lonely after two days with nearly zero human contact.
And this hotel is too posh – I would have preferred a backpacker hostel rn (won’t lie though – the bed is sooo nice to sleep in).
When you go someplace alone and are too shy to ask other people all you end up with is context-less selfies to prove you were there.
But I will remember and dream of this place later.
Proteas, buchus, cycads, pelargoniums and ericas on my fynbos walk.
I think I get it now though why people who have been to Africa before say how special and beautiful it is.
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