Just finished reading/listening "Radical Intimacy" by Sophie K Rosa. Being both more holistic and intersectional than expected. Very much recommend reading.
#Friendships
After experiencing 3 funerals in recent months, I started reflecting on how people make judgments based on how many attend.
That led me to think about my lifelong struggles with friendships.
This Ko-fi post includes a friend link for non-Medium members.
https://ko-fi.com/post/Friendships-Funerals-and-Popularity-S6S31FF2AE
What does "having it all" mean to you? Is it attainable?
#dailyprompt #questionoftheday #saturdaymorning #caturday #keylargo #dontworrybehappy #bogieandbacall #lifelessons #memorialdayweekend #writerscommunity #writer #love #friendships #writers #bloggers
https://rickollie.com/2024/05/26/having-it-all-is-not-really-worth-it/
Ah, yes, the groundbreaking revelation that cheering on your pals might just make you happier. 🚀✨ Apparently, jealousy is out and high-fives are in—truly, a revolutionary concept that’s only been around since forever. But hey, who needs #innovation when you have 10 whole minutes to lose to this epiphany? 🙄
https://josephthacker.com/personal/2025/05/13/root-for-your-friends.html #cheerfulsupport #happiness #friendships #highfives #HackerNews #ngated
🤗🐴🐎🎠🐐🐐🐐🐐💚🩷💗🤍💛🩵🐴🐎🎠🤠🐐💚🩷💗🤍💛🩵🤠🐾🐶🐩🐕🐕🦺🐐🐐🐐🐐🩵🩷💗🤍💛🐾🐶🐩🐕🐕🦺🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐴🐎🎠🤠🩷💗🤍💛🩵🐴🐎🎠🤠🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐💚🩷💗🤍💛🩵🐴🐎🎠🐐💁♀️*"Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty!"🤗🐴🐎🎠🐐🐐🐐🐐🐴🐎🎠🤠💚🩷💗🤍💛🩵💚🐾🐶🐩🐕🐕🦺🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🩷💗🤍💛🩵💚🐾🐶🐩🐕🐕🦺🐐🐐🐐🐐🐾🐐🐶🐐🐩🐐🐕🐐🐕🦺🐐💚🤠💚🩷💗🤍💛🩵🐐🐐🐐🐐🐴🐎🎠🤗
~ Albert Einstein
🤗🐾🐶🐩🐕🐕🦺🐐🐐🐐🐐🩵🩷💗🤍💛🐾🐶🐩🐕🐕🦺🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🩷💗🤍💛🩵💁♀️*"Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty!"🤗💚🐾🐶🐩🐕🐕🦺🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🩷💗🤍💛🩵💚🐾🐶🐩🐕🐕🦺🐐🐐🐐🐐🐾🐐🐶🐐🐩🐐🐕🐐🐕🦺🐐💚🤗
~ Albert Einstein
*~*"Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty!"*~*
~ Albert Einstein
🤗🐄🐮🐄🐾🐶🐩🐕🐕🦺🐮🐄🐮🐴🐎🎠🩷💗🤍🤍🤠🤠🤠🤠🩵🐴🐎🎠🩷💗🤍💛💛🐴🐎🎠🐴🐎🎠🤠🐄🐮🐄🐮🐄🐮🐄🐮🐾🐶🐩🐕🐕🦺🐄🐮💁🏼♀️*"Animals are such agreeable friends!*they ask no questions!*they pass no criticisms!"🤗🐄🐮🐄🐮🐄🐮🐾🐶🐩🐕🐕🦺🤠🐴🐎🎠🐴🐎🎠🤠🤠🤠🩵🩷💗🤍💛🐴🐎🎠🤠🐴🐎🎠🩵🩷💗🤍💛🐴🐎🎠🤠🐄🐮🐄🐮🐄🐮🐾🐶🐩🐕🐕🦺🤗
~ George Eliot
🤗🐴🐎🎠🩷💗🤍🤍🤠🤠🤠🤠🩵🐴🐎🎠🩷💗🤍💛💛🐴🐎🎠🐴🐎🎠💁🏼♀️*"Animals are such agreeable friends!*they ask no questions!*they pass no criticisms!"🤗🐴🐎🎠🐴🐎🎠🤠🤠🤠🩵🩷💗🤍💛🐴🐎🎠🤠🐴🐎🎠🩵🩷💗🤍💛🐴🐎🎠🤠🤗
~ George Eliot
*~*"Animals are such agreeable friends!*they ask no questions!*they pass no criticisms!"*~*
~ George Eliot
🤗🐄🐮🐄🐮🐄🐮🐾🐶🐩🐕🐕🦺🐎🐴🐎🩷💗🤍🐎🎠🐎🎠🐎🎠💛💛🩵🐴🐎🐴🐄🐮🐾🐶🐩🐕🐕🦺💛🩵🐄🐮🐾🐶🐩🐕🐕🦺💁🏿♀️*"Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened!"🤗🐄🐮🐾🐶🐩🐕🐕🦺💛🩵🐄🐮🐾🐶🐩🐕🐕🦺🐎🐴🐎🐎🎠🐎🎠🐎🎠🩷💗🤍💛🩵🐴🐎🐴🩷💗🤍💛🩵💛🩵🐄🐮🐾🐶🐩🐕🐕🦺🐄🐮🐾🐶🐩🐕🐕🦺🤗
~ Anatole France
🤗🐎🐴🐎🩷💗🤍🐎🎠🐎🎠🐎🎠💛💛🩵🐴🐎🐴💁🏿♀️*"Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened!"🤗🐎🐴🐎🐎🎠🐎🎠🐎🎠🩷💗🤍💛🩵🐴🐎🐴🩷💗🤍💛🩵🤗
~ Anatole France
*~*"Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened!"*~*
~ Anatole France
What Sacrifices Have You Made in Life? Well, This Isn't a Sacrifice It's really not, it's a testament to love and friendships
#foryou #qotd #friendships #givingthanks #givingback #notasacrifice #sacrifices #heartfelt #loveconcursall #atyourbest #Aalyia #goodreads #writerslife #cancersucks #cancer
https://rickollie.com/2025/05/17/what-sacrifices-have-you-made-in-life-well-this-isnt-a-sacrifice/
The Desire to Hike First, and be Social Second
Reading Time: 3 minutes
Tomorrow there are at least three hikes and three bike rides that I know of. The hikes are via GoSocial and the bike rides are via Meetup. On Sunday I know of at least two to three GoSocial hikes and one Meetup hike. I have plenty of choice for what to do on weekends. In fact the choice is broader than that.
Over a week ago I signed up for a hike but over the last two weeks I have seen people say "I want to participate" without ever being told "sorry, we're full". My concern is that this will be another large hiking group with people who are out for a chat, and just happen to be walking at the same time. For some that's fine, after all it is a GoSocial hike, not a GoHike event.
If my past behaviour is an indication of future behaviour then I should avoid hikes that are too filled with people because I will eventually abandon the group and hike my own hike. If I am with 18 people then I eventually long for solitude and hike into the distance and leave the group behind. This is especially true with the Jaun to Gruyères hike. If I had followed my desire I would have dumped the group almost immediately, and almost did before lunch.
Small, Tight Knit Group
When I hiked with another group we were few, tight knit, and fast. We talked and we hiked fast. We stopped long enough for the group to be together again, and then we set off within seconds of becoming a single group again. That's nicer. That's comfortable. It also means that we talk with everyone in turn. We meet everyone in the group.
Whilst it's nice to find that so many people want to hike every weekend, and in such large numbers it has a cost. That cost is that extroverts get to talk, and because they're charismatic people will listen to them, rather than each other. We go from pairs of people having conversations to broadcasts where the charismatic extrovert hogs the conversation.
It's not that it matters. It's that if I hike in my thought I can go for a solitary hike.
Too Large
If I could, I would go on every hike, and I would be social with everyone. As I am an introvert, if the group reaches a certain size I will withdraw and walk at the front, or the back of a group, but rarely in the middle. I could go on two to three hikes tomorrow but the size is large, and I question whether I would be social.
The Lure Of Cycling Groups
I like to cycle, and I like to cycle with people. For at least two or three years I have thought that I should find a cycling group. Now I know of a group that meets on Saturday mornings to go for bike ride so I should experiment.
Yesterday I thought that I had signed up for a relaxed ride but for some reason it wasn't accepted. I will do a moderate ride, which I fear will knacker me. Luckily I know the climbs, and the region. We will see how slow I am compared to those that ride all the time.
And Finally
After such a sporty two months of hiking I have full confidence that I can do the hikes. With cycling my optic is different. I have hiked over eight hundred kilometres this year, and cycled just two hundred and twenty nine this year. This means that my legs are not yet optimal for cycling. Having said this, I got to the Signal de Bougy comfortably.
I will see how it goes.
#friendships #gosocial #hikes #meetup #social #socialising #walking
More May IRL adventures with IRL Besties. #birthdaymonth #WhiteSpace #Friendships #Selfcare #YOLO #TGIF
TIL about "covert avoidance" thanks to this video by your Crappy Childhood Fairy on YouTube.
You need to calm your triggers and heal bit by bit daily: baby steps!
How COVERT AVOIDANCE Makes Your Life EMPTY https://youtu.be/oDtiYlO4Ats?feature=shared
Curing #Loneliness:
How #Humanism Can Bring Us Closer Together
https://thehumanist.com/magazine/spring-2025/features/curing-loneliness-how-humanism-can-bring-us-closer-together
#relationships #friendships
People find relationship with their dog more satisfying than with best friend, study shows
"The study suggests owners rate their relationship with their dogs as being as satisfying or more satisfying than their closest human relationships. Owners also rated their dogs higher than their best friends and closest relatives for areas including affection, reliability and support....They reported greater relationship satisfaction with their dogs than with their closest kin or best friend."
“Dogs offer a highly positive relationship with minimal conflict, strong social support, and the unique opportunity to have full control over another living being’s life."
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https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/apr/22/owners-closeness-to-dogs-study
#dogs #pets #relationships #PowerAsymmetry #control #interaction #companionship #friendships #WesternCountries #BestFriend
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