17 learnings from 17 years of Marginalian (Former BrainPickings)

I have been a fan of Maria Popova for years now. Before you read this post, kindly read my earlier post that I had written back in 2015 - https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/tribute-brainpickingsalias-maria-popova-kartic-vaidyanathan/

and now you can read the extra lessons. Each one of them is a gem

10. Don’t just resist cynicism — fight it actively.

11. Question your maps and models of the universe, both inner and outer, and continually test them against the raw input of reality.

12. There are infinitely many kinds of beautiful lives.

13. In any bond of depth and significance, forgive, forgive, forgive. And then forgive again.

14. Choose joy.

15. Outgrow yourself.

16. Unself. Nothing is more tedious than self-concern — the antipode of wonder.

17. Everything is eventually recompensed, every effort of the heart is eventually requited, though not always in the form you imagined or hoped for

This is just a condensed summary and if you like some of them, you should go to the original source post - https://www.themarginalian.org/2023/10/22/17/