February 2012
10 posts
Age of Reason: A Bag of Nails →
ageofreason:
Once upon a time there was a little boy with a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he should hammer a nail in the fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. But gradually, the number of daily nails dwindled down. He…
“Study me as much as you like, you will never know...
—Rumi
“The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the...”
– Caroline Myss
January 2012
20 posts
“Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both...”
– Arthur C. Clarke (via kapi)
“In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun,...”
– Mary Poppins, gamification pioneer? (via curiositycounts)
First Full Moon of the Year- Capricorn/Cancer
As we enter into the 9th of January, 2012, we experience the first full moon of the year - leaving Capricorn and moving into Cancer. Cancer and Capricorn are both cardinal signs & the doorways of our home life and career life; our emotions and our responsibilities. The year 2012 is one of change, however as many of you will notice- what we perceive as the ideal is far more advanced than the...
“We are one species. We are star stuff harvesting star light.”
– Carl Sagan
December 2011
14 posts
“The person who says he knows what he thinks but cannot express it usually does...”
– Marginalia and the Yin-Yang of Reading and Writing (via curiositycounts
)
Life is unpredictable. I’m convinced we never know we have it all until the day we lose it all.
When I was little (err circa 2009), I dreamt of big things and a perfect world. I believed we had the ability to create our own realities. The older I get, the more I become a cynic. Life is just hard for some people. It’s not fair. I have to learn to let things be. I can’t take on...
“Life is a series of events that go between idealism and realism”
–
Greg Melander - The same thing happens in design
(via gregmelander
)
“The human brain integrates memory and processing together, weighs less than 3...”
– BRAINS RULE!
Cognitive Computing: When Computers Become Brains - Forbes (via wildcat2030
)
under the stars
You are right.
It should not be so difficult,
I just want to love and cry and laugh with you,
every day, forever and ever.
If our meeting was truly a sign from the Universe,
Will you share this last dance with me?
…under the stars…
November 2011
15 posts
A Day of Movie Magic
I have come to realize that I have a problem with letting certain people in my life influence my self-image, and at times, monopolize my emotions. Generally, these people are ones I respect or admire in some way. I find myself losing confidence in certain areas of my being, succumbing to the notion that they must know better because they have more ‘life experience’ or some bullshit...
“The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances:...”
– Carl Jung (via ageofreason
)