#nothing daunted

[imbearlyawake]

"To be happy it is necessary to be constantly giving to others. I do not mean to give in work alone- but all of your self. That means interest in other people- not only by affection- but by kindness."

Dorothy Woodruff in a letter to her granddaughter, Dorothy Wickenden

I imagine my Mimère acts this same way. She is so loved and so wonderfully happy because she takes genuine interest in people. Even those who are bitter and cold and those who seem to annoy everyone else in the room, my Mimère is always pleased to talk with them. She makes you feel seen. I want to be like my Mimère in that way, capable of making everyone feel entirely and wholesomely loved.

[prozacpuke]

To be happy it is necessary to be constantly giving to others. I do not mean to give in work alone--but all of your self. That means interest in other people--not only by affection--but by kindness.

From Nothing Daunted, advice that Dorothy Woodruff gave her granddaughter on her eighteenth birthday.

I'm just starting this book about a couple of bad bitches in 1916 who went out to Colorado on their own, and it's already great. Plus I really need to take a break from Murakami for a sec.