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“To become intimate is to become vulnerable not only to what I want and desire in my life, but to the fear I have of my desire being met.” This is the paradox of longing: Because longing can be an addiction, because no active addict ever wants to give up their addiction — or can without a great deal of suffering — it can be terrifying and almost unbearably vulnerable to surrender to an intimacy so amply fulfilling that it leaves nothing to long for. And yet in that vulnerability lies our power and our freedom to transform a relationship from a tether of dependency into a slender cord of grace. Read the WHOLE ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ MARGINALIAN by Maria Popova |
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“Couple these fragments of the thoroughly soul-slaking “Consolations II” With other essays in which we explore such overused, underexamined words as shame, time, love, burnout, and end with a wonderful read Kahlil Gibran on Eric Berne on the key to true intimacy, then savour this excellent interview with David by one of my oldest friends.” Simple Sunday’s With MARGINALIAN Maria |


