The Kayapo, a Brazilian Tribe's Social World

“Parents are thought to be connected to their children, and siblings to one another, by a tie that goes deeper than a mere social or emotional bond. This tie is imagined as a sort of spiritual continuation of the common physical substance that they share through conception and the womb. The relation of biological participation lasts throughout life but is broken by death. Cutting off the hair, conceived as the extension of the biological energy of the self into social space, is the symbolically appropriate response to the death of a spouse as well as a child.”

-Terrence Turner, The Social Skin

Wow

What a truly beautiful thing it is it to be completely happy and comfortable with everything around you. The most horrifying reality is the fact that you never truly know whether something has reached its peak or not. We're always on the search for something but what if we finally attain it and then learn that there is something more? And right now, I feel happy. But the striving ends, I've come to realize that. Yes, I am happy with where I am right now and everyone that is around me brings unimaginable joy to my life. But wow, I want this to keep going. I want everything to keep getting better. That is a truly powerful motivator. To keep wanting more...to keep wanting better...to keep looking forward while truly living in the present...wow...a little bit high on life you could say.

Milosh - Remember The Good Things

stay high

Do you think there is a way to know who you want to be? Or do you just let it happen? How do you decide what's best for you in the moment? How do you decide what the next step is?

Clocktower

"I wanna run away to the left coast, having endless summer running through me. Fill the air with a new home, a new home. Just let it be, cut the chords around me, never wanna hold me back."

Attitude & Annoyance

"But I can't imagine a life without breathless moments breaking me down."

Really though. Some people don't understand why someone will stick with someone that isn't compatible with their own personality type. It's because if everything worked out your way...if everyone you sought out was similar to yourself then there would be nothing interesting to your life...