It’s not that some people have willpower and some don’t.
It’s that some people are ready to change and others are not.
— James Gordon
I thought this was an insightful comment, as we all try to change ourselves, influence others, etc etc. There is a definitely a timing to everything.
This is an interesting talk on how the internet connects us to each other. She discusses some of the social norms that have created the structure we have, and how the higher up the echelons, the more control one has over their ability to talk to their close relationships.
Anyway, interesting.
It is very humbling to feed a young woman her breakfast because she is too autistic to tell you she’s hungry, but functional enough to sometimes be able to use a spoon. It is humbling to watch a spirit, “trapped” in a body that wont allow her to communicate all she feels, so only pure emotion and frustration surface. When she is not understood, or cannot get her needs met, she strikes her own head–her ears bearing years of scars and healing in the form of large keloid scars.
It is humbing to think, that something as simple as telling another human, I think I am tired, do you mind letting me rest? or I am very sad, and I cannot seem to be comforted, will you love me? Can never be said by some who need it most. A very humbling thing to watch.
