Julia Baird
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And, again, could be the jerk down the road, but... Again, it's a human that has a need and you're affirming your own humanity by doing that and by offering that up. And I find those quiet, often unrecognised acts really quite moving. There's a certain devotion, not just to your fellow neighbour, to like a bigger idea of who we can be in that.
Well, that study that I mentioned before, the most common way people report seeing it is in each other. And I had spent years looking at it because I'm a big ocean swimmer. I just went this morning. And... I have spent a lot of time talking to people that chase storms or run safaris in Africa or like pursue awe in different ways.
Well, that study that I mentioned before, the most common way people report seeing it is in each other. And I had spent years looking at it because I'm a big ocean swimmer. I just went this morning. And... I have spent a lot of time talking to people that chase storms or run safaris in Africa or like pursue awe in different ways.
Well, that study that I mentioned before, the most common way people report seeing it is in each other. And I had spent years looking at it because I'm a big ocean swimmer. I just went this morning. And... I have spent a lot of time talking to people that chase storms or run safaris in Africa or like pursue awe in different ways.
Although I'm very conscious that it's also in art and architecture and big sporting events they call collective effervescence and music. There's very many different ways to experience it. And I think it's so psychologically healthy and wonderful for us to do. Like it is the most wonderful thing. And it's also wonderful to share in other people's forms of awe.
Although I'm very conscious that it's also in art and architecture and big sporting events they call collective effervescence and music. There's very many different ways to experience it. And I think it's so psychologically healthy and wonderful for us to do. Like it is the most wonderful thing. And it's also wonderful to share in other people's forms of awe.
Although I'm very conscious that it's also in art and architecture and big sporting events they call collective effervescence and music. There's very many different ways to experience it. And I think it's so psychologically healthy and wonderful for us to do. Like it is the most wonderful thing. And it's also wonderful to share in other people's forms of awe.
So when I read that, actually the most common way in which people experience it is by seeing this moral beauty in each other, which I began to call grace. And I wondered why we didn't talk about that more.
So when I read that, actually the most common way in which people experience it is by seeing this moral beauty in each other, which I began to call grace. And I wondered why we didn't talk about that more.
So when I read that, actually the most common way in which people experience it is by seeing this moral beauty in each other, which I began to call grace. And I wondered why we didn't talk about that more.
That's exactly right. It's like, it's almost a holy thing, paying attention to the world and being open to it and just sitting with it. And it really will change you. Like since I decided to deliberately hunt or, cause I think that we often think, oh, we'll just, we'll be serendipitous. We'll stumble across it. Like when we go on holidays, we'll go somewhere pretty.
That's exactly right. It's like, it's almost a holy thing, paying attention to the world and being open to it and just sitting with it. And it really will change you. Like since I decided to deliberately hunt or, cause I think that we often think, oh, we'll just, we'll be serendipitous. We'll stumble across it. Like when we go on holidays, we'll go somewhere pretty.
That's exactly right. It's like, it's almost a holy thing, paying attention to the world and being open to it and just sitting with it. And it really will change you. Like since I decided to deliberately hunt or, cause I think that we often think, oh, we'll just, we'll be serendipitous. We'll stumble across it. Like when we go on holidays, we'll go somewhere pretty.
And I might catch a sunrise or a sunset on my way to or from work, or I've just seen a tree burst into bloom or whatever.
And I might catch a sunrise or a sunset on my way to or from work, or I've just seen a tree burst into bloom or whatever.
And I might catch a sunrise or a sunset on my way to or from work, or I've just seen a tree burst into bloom or whatever.
we can think you know that that that's the way it occurs in our lives instead of no i recognize this has got this really intrinsic value of its own and i'm going to hunt it down there was a study of all walks and they got a group of people who went on a 15-minute or walk each day for six weeks and people who went on just a normal walk the difference being the all walkers we're being told to pay attention to the world
we can think you know that that that's the way it occurs in our lives instead of no i recognize this has got this really intrinsic value of its own and i'm going to hunt it down there was a study of all walks and they got a group of people who went on a 15-minute or walk each day for six weeks and people who went on just a normal walk the difference being the all walkers we're being told to pay attention to the world
we can think you know that that that's the way it occurs in our lives instead of no i recognize this has got this really intrinsic value of its own and i'm going to hunt it down there was a study of all walks and they got a group of people who went on a 15-minute or walk each day for six weeks and people who went on just a normal walk the difference being the all walkers we're being told to pay attention to the world
and what really intensely and what was happening around them. They were and they were asked to take photos and write a journal. At the beginning, those who went on the oar walks, the photos of themselves was mainly their faces. Here I am, first day of my oar walk, blah, blah, blah.