Susan Cain

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It's Friday and my parents are coming over to hang out. They'll play with my son. We'll have dinner. I'll sauna with my dad. I wish someone had told me sooner: Nothing improves quality of life more than proximity to people you love. It’s worth more than any job will ever pay you.

Olle Hjortzberg (Swedish, 1872–1959), Still life with roses and silver bowl, 1946, Oil on panel, 60 x 73 cm.

"Cherry tree by a river" by Sutō Kazuyuki

“”When all your desires are distilled; You will cast just two votes: To love more, And be happy..”” —Hafez— 📸 Web

Nobody is rooting for you to fail. Maybe you’ll succeed. Maybe you’ll fail. For the most part, nobody cares one way or the other. This is a good thing! The world is big and you are small, and that means you can chase your dreams with little worry for what people think.

Jug and Poppies #MaryFedden

'Broad haven, Pembrokeshire' by contemporary Welsh painter Sarah Evans #WomensArt #LandscapeArtWeek

Andy Warhol. “Sunset”

Nikita Charushin (1934-200)

Mariana Baitelu Born (1962) Romanian “The blue spring Oil on canvas, knife, 45 x 35 cm.

The five pillars of happiness, courtesy of the Carl Jung archive. These seem so self-evident that I can’t imagine anyone disagreeing with them, but I do wonder if item 3 is a personal preference (one that I happen to share) rather than a universal need. What do you think?

Gustav Klimt🎨

A piece of everyone’s soul is imprisoned in high school (though it can break free, mostly) (graphic via Béa Gonzalez [Sophiacycles])

"A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world." ~ Agatha Christie Mother and Child (1922) • Pablo Picasso •

New York Public Library main reading room. I wrote my first three published stories here.

Gustave Caillebotte

FERDINAND HODLER (Swiss,1853-1918) "AUTUMN EVENING" 1893 Oil on canvas, 62,5x44,5 cm Musée d'Art et d'Histoire Neuchatel,Switzerland