So much to be happy about! So why do some people (not me, obviously) insist on over-indulging in large goblets of crying juice, feeling frantically frenzied over all the things? (Spoiler: Secret to happiness exposed in this post.)
Significance
Tribute to the first dude to teach me about selfless love. Happiest Rainbow Bridge Birthday, Scoob. ________________________________________________________ The black waves creep up the sides, keeping me at the edge of my seat as I silently watch the bridge go by... such a long line of cars chasing each other down the highway. The passengers seemingly …
Trump’s Tribal Mentality: How Love Actually Trumps Hate
WAGNER. Excuse me, but it gives the greatest satisfaction to view the spirit of another age, to see how wise men thought before our days, and to rejoice how far we’ve come at last. FAUST. Oh yes, a journey to the stars! -Faust, Play by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1808 …
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Contagious Enthusiasm
Daily Prompt: Enthusiasm "Enthusiasm, my dear, is your most beautiful asset," he assured her. "Don't ever let a greying world dull what still shines." Yet a thick grey fog did linger a long while, dimming whatever light still dared to shine through it. So they adapted to that toxic haze. It became a grotesque sort of mask, …
Trouble in Paradise: “Coral Crusader” Concerned About Mysterious Marine Killer
Is the Navy and RIMPAC –Rim of the Pacific Exercise: world's biggest global ocean warfare exercise and experimentation – polluting ocean life with an invisible but deadly carcinogen, adversely affecting human life in coastal communities? One concerned citizen explains how electromagnetic radiation may be corroding coral and damaging DNA, resulting in tumors and other debilitating effects for animals and humans …
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Book Recommendation and a Story, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Vigor Is Fleeting - A Story And a Book with Purpose It's hard to pick a favorite story (all true) from Atul Gawande's Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End. Each character broke my heart and earned my respect for different reasons. Alice's story stays with me daily though, seeping into my subconscious and sleeping hours. …
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Hike: Escape the Stagnant Stench of Suburbia
Hike: Daily Prompt, Sept 19 “Even the most beautiful of the stars are taken for granted night after night.” -Veronika Jensen Sorry for the buzzkill, but here's a healthy dose of reality for ya: The older you get the more probable it is that life will throw some unfortunate happenings your way. It's a numbers game, really. And may the odds be ever …
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Frame: Self Portraits Can Be Deceptive (and so can selfies)
Frame This week's photo challenge is "frame: to use your surroundings to capture a different point of view." As conscious beings, we humans still seem to lack a lot of self-awareness in favor of self-deception. Self-preservation, perhaps. Modern social media enables us to manipulate and mold whatever self we want to see and share with the …
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Get Your Head in the Clouds… Then Reach Above
Reach Daily Prompt - Saturday, August 13, 2016 It's hard to reach the stars when you're standing on shaky ground. You can dream high as long as you start building low. If you fall into deep water, you'll struggle to swim to dry land if you never learned to tread water. Whether it's something complex like learning …
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5 Life Lessons from Steve Jobs
Visionaries are important people. They keep our world progressing forward. They ignite paradigm shifts, changing the way we live and interact with society. They inspire us to do more, to be better, and to work smarter. Today, I wanted to honor the memory of one of the most creative and productive thinkers of our generation. Steve Jobs taught Americans how …
