April 2012
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Happiness. 15 simple steps, by #PurposeFairy....
Here is a list of 15 things which, if you give up on them, will make your life a lot easier and much, much happier. We hold on to so many things that cause us a great deal of pain, stress and suffering – and instead of letting them all go, instead of allowing ourselves to be stress free and happy – we cling on to them. Not anymore. Starting today we will give up on all those things that no longer...
#Truth//The Dirty Little Secret of Overnight... →
March 2012
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February 2012
26 posts
“somewhere i have never travelled,gladly beyond
any experience,your eyes have...”
– another favorite…e.e. cummings
“i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without...”
– favorite…e.e. cummings
“There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle, or you can...”
– Albert Einstein (via happyhap)
“The underlying assumption of brainstorming is that if people are scared of...”
– Jonah Lehrer rounds up decades worth of evidence debunking the myth of brainstorming. Lehrer’s new book, Imagine: How Creativity Works, comes out next month and is a must-read. (via curiositycounts)
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Why, yes, yes they do. →
From my hilariously appropriate friend Rheanne.
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WatchFile under REASONS I LOVE THE FIRST LADY.
laughingsquid:
Michelle Obama & Jimmy Fallon Competing in Fitness Games
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There isn't a single logically valid, nonreligious...
Agreed.
newsweek:
spytap:
Not one. And if the only argument you have is that your specific religion disapproves, well, that’s not really an argument at all; at least not in this country.
Truth.
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Watch45,000 still photographs + amazing song + incredible kid with vision = this video, which I adore.
beingblog:
Where had I heard the song that threads this video before? I couldn’t put my finger on it until visualizing a water balloon popping in super slow-motion. Ahh, that fantastic Schweppes commercial from several years ago. It seems “To Build a Home” by The Cinematic Orchestra is a popular...
“Design is on a roll. Client services are experiencing a major uptick in demand,...”
– Brilliant piece. Must read. // An Important Time for Design - brilliant, timely piece by Gimmebar founder Cameron Koczon. (via curiositycounts)
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January 2012
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Meet Education Generation: A remarkable program... →
Why Some People Have All the Luck →
Great read from Harvard Business Review on how humility and a good attitude are driving factors of success.
The Pro Bono Thinking Society - free original... →
An interesting idea - a group trying to solve wicked problems for the greater good.
The Pro Bono Thinking Society is a newly formed Chicago-based organization comprised of young people from a variety of disciplines, including economics, programming, design, law, medicine, and engineering. We’re a small group that works well together and hopes to share our time and skills with the general...
Watchgood:
Kids are awesome - two 17-year olds launch a lego into space on $400!
Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad now have an awesome topic for their college essays. They launched a homemade balloon into space as one lucky lego got the ride of his life. The lego carried a Canadian flag and was attached to a video camera, collecting evidence of the journey.
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“(In my sleep I dreamed this poem)
Someone I loved once gave me
a box full of...”
– “The Uses of Sorrow,” Mary Oliver (via clavicola)
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“And it came to me then
that every plan
is a tiny prayer
to Father Time”
– Death Cab for Cutie
#favorites
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“Somewhere behind the rider you’ve become, the hours of practice...”
– My friend Rosemary posted this on her FB page. Love it.
You are such an inspiration. I know you'll be... →
WatchI need to learn something from being bored. for sure.
creativemornings:
At this CreativeMornings/LosAngeles talk, Bobby Solomon speaks about “Things I’ve Learned from Being Bored” and how he started his popular blog, The Fox is Black.
A big giant thank you to Grant Withington and Stephen Haynes for offering to shoot and edit the video, with assistance from Michael Mahaffey.
“Leon. Good job tonight. Good job tonight.”
– President BARACK OBAMA, to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta prior to the State of the Union speech. Earlier, Panetta had overseen the rescue operation of an American woman and a Danish national who were part of a relief organization in Somalia: they had been kidnapped and held for ransom by Somali...