Garrett Flatt

"All friendships of any length are based on a continued, mutual forgiveness. Without tolerance and mercy all friendships die." David Whyte I witnessed some beautifully tragic deathbed forgiveness and I wonder how to have compassion for the living like we have for the dead

Being on social media always quickly reminds me that often the wisest speech is often silent, complete attention.

@mcgeejm Which pairs well with Thich Nhat Hanh’s “The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention.”

“Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.” -- Simone Weil

I don’t know when y’all reading (or writing) books The only time that’s remotely personal for me is commuting on a bus or jogging, when I can listen to books/podcasts

According to a new survey, 74% of likely voters approve of the worker strikes. This comes after a recent Gallup poll found that 65% of Americans approve of labor unions—the highest percentage in 16 years. Workers are fed up and demanding change. huffpost.com/entry/survey-s…

Xn sexual ethics in the early church were *liberating.* They affirmed the equal value, status, & dignity of women, celebrated sexual minorities (eunuchs), rebuked a culture of rampant rape & molestation, tore town the centrality of marriage, & replaced it w/ the body of Christ.

@Jackie_April_3 Yes that’s definitely the image to represent the working class citizen ???

@Ashley_Dargai Sending emails without attachment is basic policy in Buddhist communities

Phrases that keep me humble: “Nothing is attached.” “You’re on mute.”

Not unlike when people ask chaplains how they got into chaplaincy. It wasn’t looking in a profession catalogue. It was suffering. (and the love that befriended it)

Daycare closed at least part of the next week (COVID exposure for someone, no one positive) 😭 all the policies mandate closure but the government doesn’t mandate more PTO to cover this, tell me why we put up with labor laws in this country

Got sent this liturgies for everything type book very kindly by some family but it has a liturgy for employees and one “for those who employ others” and as a socialist I must object that it’s not simply James 5 or Mary’s “send the rich away empty”

@Jackie_April_3 🤣 but really Hocus Pocus is probably my favorite Halloween movie

Yes, but how would I have listened through Rothfuss’ two fantasy epics twice without my children keeping me up at night? (They were good listening when I was exhausted and had to keep myself up those first 2-3 months)

“The most beautiful part of your body is where it’s headed. & remember, loneliness is still a time spent with the world. Here’s the room with everyone in it. Your dead friends passing through you like wind through a wind chime…” Ocean Vuong

@MelissaFloBix @RevRachelK I assume he is not here advocating a Maoist dialectical process position, as exciting as that would be

“If I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.” 1 Cor 13:2 Of all that you know and can do—can you simply love all who appear before you today?

I don’t believe in superheroes but I do believe in solidarity.

@quasiaesthete what’s a bit crazy is I find Being and Time more readable than many commentaries on it

*reading construction site kids book with my 2.5 yr old son* “How many workers are there?” “1, 2, 3, 4, 5!!” “How many capitalists are there?” *looks puzzled* “Exactly.” :) #instillingvalues

I don’t think “blessed are those who hunger and thirst after justice” is talking about billionaires