I love the expression (emphasis mine) that Thich Nhat Hanh used, in the quote below, to describe the dopamine effect that we feel when receiving a response through our devices. We all crave connection, and many of us try to find it through our phones or e-mail. We feel a neurochemical ... www.crossingthethreshold.net

@crossingthethreshold I hesitate to reply... 😇. That's a great turn of phrase.

@crossingthethreshold I like that much better than the commonly-used phrase, “dopamine hit”.

I was surprised how affected I was by his passing. I knew he was no longer young and I’d known about his health faltering for the last few years, but it still came as a shock.