"Alain de Botton on Existential Maturity and What Emotional Intelligence Really Means"
by Maria Popova
“The emotionally intelligent person knows that they will only ever be mentally healthy in a few areas and at certain moments, but is committed to fathoming their inadequacies and warning others of them in good time, with apology and charm.”
Read more at:
[agnostic.com]
All I get is a page telling me "I must be a member".
Apologies. I don’t know why. I’ll see what I can figure out.
I make people laugh at/with me about my "things" (and, any laughter is Good laughter!)
Just posted this article today myself. Great minds...