{"id":4944,"date":"2025-08-11T18:39:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T18:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mymind.com\/?p=4944"},"modified":"2025-08-29T19:14:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T19:14:27","slug":"on-authenticity-comfortable-silence-the-language-of-intimacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mymind.com\/on-authenticity-comfortable-silence-the-language-of-intimacy","title":{"rendered":"On authenticity, comfortable silence &amp; the language of intimacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"article-beginning\">This is our weekly inspiration roundup, where we share a few things that moved us or made us think this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here's what's on our minds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_5dzmfzg0c\">\ud83d\udcad This mood<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"747\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/lYtyR10jdDldOjUXaXC1uZ-copy-747x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/lYtyR10jdDldOjUXaXC1uZ-copy-747x1024.jpg 747w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/lYtyR10jdDldOjUXaXC1uZ-copy-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/lYtyR10jdDldOjUXaXC1uZ-copy-768x1053.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/lYtyR10jdDldOjUXaXC1uZ-copy.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"746\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/5JMzS0cixY5dZhCnOxUfrN-746x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/5JMzS0cixY5dZhCnOxUfrN-746x1024.jpeg 746w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/5JMzS0cixY5dZhCnOxUfrN-218x300.jpeg 218w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/5JMzS0cixY5dZhCnOxUfrN-768x1054.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/5JMzS0cixY5dZhCnOxUfrN.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"885\" src=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/l6lZjAKE3IPeRqURTO2ynZ-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/l6lZjAKE3IPeRqURTO2ynZ-copy.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/l6lZjAKE3IPeRqURTO2ynZ-copy-300x266.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/l6lZjAKE3IPeRqURTO2ynZ-copy-768x680.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/didH5lO38NtcsjQDQPNtE8-copy-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/didH5lO38NtcsjQDQPNtE8-copy-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/didH5lO38NtcsjQDQPNtE8-copy-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/didH5lO38NtcsjQDQPNtE8-copy-768x1153.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/didH5lO38NtcsjQDQPNtE8-copy.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_ax59j2p7m\">Right click an image to save it to your mind. On mobile, long press and share it to the mymind app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_5dzmfzg0c\">\ud83d\udcad This quote from Alain de Botton<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe more familiar two people become, the more the language they speak together departs from that of the ordinary, dictionary-defined discourse. Familiarity creates a new language, an in-house language of intimacy that carries reference to the story the two lovers are weaving together and that cannot be readily understood by others.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_ax59j2p7m\">Highlight the text, quotation marks included, and right click to save the quote with the mymind extension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_5dzmfzg0c\">\ud83d\udcad This reassuring truth<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"876\" src=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/726P0BUOzowf48OOf9Y90Q.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/726P0BUOzowf48OOf9Y90Q.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/726P0BUOzowf48OOf9Y90Q-300x263.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/726P0BUOzowf48OOf9Y90Q-768x673.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_ax59j2p7m\">Right click an image to save it to your mind. Search \u201cauthenticity\u201d or \u201cdelight\u201d to find it later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udcad The beauty of comfortable silence<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"738\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bidoXiynfWteXIICIFvDD7-738x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bidoXiynfWteXIICIFvDD7-738x1024.jpeg 738w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bidoXiynfWteXIICIFvDD7-216x300.jpeg 216w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bidoXiynfWteXIICIFvDD7-768x1066.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bidoXiynfWteXIICIFvDD7.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_ax59j2p7m\">Right click an image to save it to your mind. On mobile, long press and share it to the mymind app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_5dzmfzg0c\">\ud83d\udcad Our private reading library<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2SyOJhFJZoZdzyR0MYZpiV.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2SyOJhFJZoZdzyR0MYZpiV.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2SyOJhFJZoZdzyR0MYZpiV-300x162.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2SyOJhFJZoZdzyR0MYZpiV-768x414.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>mymind is becoming the best place to track your reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SxFRRGjkZIo\"><strong>See the latest updates \u2192<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Until next week, take care of your mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is our weekly inspiration roundup, where we share a few things that moved us or made us think this week. Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s on our minds. \ud83d\udcad This mood Right click an image to save it to your mind. On mobile, long press and share it to the mymind app. \ud83d\udcad This quote from Alain [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4945,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-thoughts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4944"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4954,"href":"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4944\/revisions\/4954"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}