Thursday, December 31, 2015
Also
This is highly important and quite related to some of my activities East to West the past string of months. In Vegas one night, I was rounding the corner out of Aria/City Center towards Trop and I scooped a plastic bottle (everywhere.) to give it a more reasonable home. A couple of looped girls said something like "did you really just pick that up??" Yes, girls. Yes I did.
#America
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/25/sports/polluted-waters-give-rise-to-environmental-pulpit.html
#America
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/25/sports/polluted-waters-give-rise-to-environmental-pulpit.html
Things I know
Maybe not a ton, but a number of things will help move nature's pendulum after so many have felt the wrath of an intoxicated planet. One of these is certainly choosing to observe more forests rather than cutting them down.
If one thinks about it (and yes I do), does it not seem odd and wrong that there is any deforestation at this point? With renewables and other technologies, the cutting down of trees aside ones that might be diseased seems not in place with other time-warping changes that have in ways altered how we collectively behave.
When we better come to know that we as people are not unlike a tree, this world/galaxy/solar system can't help but become a better place.
If one thinks about it (and yes I do), does it not seem odd and wrong that there is any deforestation at this point? With renewables and other technologies, the cutting down of trees aside ones that might be diseased seems not in place with other time-warping changes that have in ways altered how we collectively behave.
When we better come to know that we as people are not unlike a tree, this world/galaxy/solar system can't help but become a better place.
Perception
The cool thing about being dead last in a race if that though you're last, you are not actually dead.
:)
:)
Wednesday, December 30, 2015
So it seems
It seems as though if we're celebrating life a little more while here we're also mourning death a little less.
No?
No?
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Shuffling
Einstein said taking cues from nature was important (duh), my hope is he's eternally right.
When we choose to mostly shuffle between home, automobile YAY!, and indoor facilities, this only brings challenges for you-know-who.
When we choose to mostly shuffle between home, automobile YAY!, and indoor facilities, this only brings challenges for you-know-who.
Real sickness?
Excuses might be fun, but they're also much more contagious than the flu. Consider that.
No reason
There's no reason that everyone should not be doing 10 push-ups per day. If you think I mean all at once, this points to a small error in thinking.
This is a part of a more reasonable health model, and it doesn't cost a thing.
The 10 might even become 20 and we can shock ourselves together :)
This is a part of a more reasonable health model, and it doesn't cost a thing.
The 10 might even become 20 and we can shock ourselves together :)
Harnessing
It's not complicated.
Take a "trait" like poise for example. Poise is not an exclusive thing. We all possess the potential to display poise in numerous circumstances. If we don't think the people who come in and out of our lives - call them "teachers" throughout the lifetime - influence our cultivation of these traits, we only continue to kid ourselves.
Never a bad day to think about how you live. If we shame and blame over inaction, remember that the simple awareness if likely a step in front of many of our compadres.
Take a "trait" like poise for example. Poise is not an exclusive thing. We all possess the potential to display poise in numerous circumstances. If we don't think the people who come in and out of our lives - call them "teachers" throughout the lifetime - influence our cultivation of these traits, we only continue to kid ourselves.
Never a bad day to think about how you live. If we shame and blame over inaction, remember that the simple awareness if likely a step in front of many of our compadres.
Monday, December 28, 2015
In that frame
We're not as much what we eat as we are the places we choose to spend the funds we have.
Therapeutic value
A good practice is to think of around 8 things we do within a period of a day. If 2 or 3 of these things don't at least have some therapeutic value (for self), might be time for a slight priority shift.
The economy of the future resembles something out of this mold. It's fun to envision and it looks quite dissimilar to what's currently in place.
The economy of the future resembles something out of this mold. It's fun to envision and it looks quite dissimilar to what's currently in place.
Disconnecting
Saying phrases like "Rome wasn't built in one day" to express a sentimentality that things take time has limited value because we are not quite connected to such a time and place. Sure, the quote has a proper aim, but like many things - the end goal of such an expression often does not come through.
Examining a river (and any river) likely has more value for all. For example, and especially this year, the thing simply doesn't freeze at one single time. It takes a lengthy process of temperature change and gradual flow movement for a river in a colder climate to freeze over. It's confusion this year has me further wondering about some things, but the one I've been able to closely observe seems to be finding it's way.
Examining a river (and any river) likely has more value for all. For example, and especially this year, the thing simply doesn't freeze at one single time. It takes a lengthy process of temperature change and gradual flow movement for a river in a colder climate to freeze over. It's confusion this year has me further wondering about some things, but the one I've been able to closely observe seems to be finding it's way.
Sunday, December 27, 2015
Proof
More focus need be spent on those things that are clearly and universally good for the brain.
Music, and dancing, these are two of those things. Thing is, it doesn't matter what kind.
This is - and likely will always be - the future.
:)
Music, and dancing, these are two of those things. Thing is, it doesn't matter what kind.
This is - and likely will always be - the future.
:)
Saturday, December 26, 2015
Zeitgeist
For some reason, one of those words that stuck in my head from days at EHS. Know right where I was and who it came from.
Thursday, December 24, 2015
Won't hear it
We won't hear it discussed in any upcoming "debate," but an important question in my eyes will be whether compassion applies when it comes to terrorism.. Not saying yes or no, but I have been thinking that violence has little positive and even possibly an adverse effect.
Vision and potential
I recently saw it said - Vision is the art/ability to see that which is invisible to others. If quite a lot of our collective health and progress depends on "outlook," isn't this something we all are capable of?
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
And
If it's excruciatingly hard to breathe most air in 15-20 years, how important is much of a focus on these perceived and oft-publicized "differences??"
Think I heard a whisper of a "not very." Thanks.
Think I heard a whisper of a "not very." Thanks.
blackbrowngreenyellowpurpleorange
If you don't think that the majority of us are suffering from practically the same things you're out of your damn mind.
Besides being a banger
This might be one of the more important things you'll see in some time.
Recently I read that the last couple of repub. debates had the most viewers in history. To think that I was going to cruise by Fox (probably in shorts/shades) month or so ago and campaign to have them not show that in Times Square. Know that they did. Turn your eyes folks, or maybe be captive?
http://www.npr.org/2015/12/15/459114242/m-i-a-how-can-the-west-turn-people-away
Recently I read that the last couple of repub. debates had the most viewers in history. To think that I was going to cruise by Fox (probably in shorts/shades) month or so ago and campaign to have them not show that in Times Square. Know that they did. Turn your eyes folks, or maybe be captive?
http://www.npr.org/2015/12/15/459114242/m-i-a-how-can-the-west-turn-people-away
Collective commitments
What if, instead of giving tangible (or possibly China-made) gifts this holiday, we gave each other 3 "commitments" or behaviors that we feel will improve the current condition/state of the planet. These can of course be individual desires of more far-reaching acts. Examples: I am going to drive my vehicle less this coming 6 months. I am going to eat more when I feel myself getting hungry rather than often out of a state of boredom. I am going to adopt a new skill that I've been looking to learn for quite some time. I will join a group or couple of others with some sort of similar belief pattern/system and see how this goes. These things all are expressions to another being, please note.
Since all things ultimately are related, what I'm saying is that IT DOESN'T MATTER. Change is so damn hard for some of us in some ways because we can't connect dots or have difficulty seeing and knowing this relatedness. The human condition is not dissimilar from a flower or cacti in that each are looking to grow to some degree. While writing that, I noticed that all statements began with "I am going" or "I will." Maybe notice that if nothing else in this smattering.
Ultimately, waiting until New Year's might be the (annual?) problem to begin with.
Since all things ultimately are related, what I'm saying is that IT DOESN'T MATTER. Change is so damn hard for some of us in some ways because we can't connect dots or have difficulty seeing and knowing this relatedness. The human condition is not dissimilar from a flower or cacti in that each are looking to grow to some degree. While writing that, I noticed that all statements began with "I am going" or "I will." Maybe notice that if nothing else in this smattering.
Ultimately, waiting until New Year's might be the (annual?) problem to begin with.
Go or no god
I'm going to begin starting more of my sentences this way, hopefully for reasons that are somewhat obvious.
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Knowledge
It might have some power, but ideas and the spreading of these ideas is much more powerful.
Stupidity and confusion
In my opinion, the levels of stupidity and confusion on the planet are at an all-time high. As most things, it's been generating for some time.
I find myself laughing/feeling sad when reading the news more than anything.
Number of comments, but here's one: A smart phone isn't a smart phone if the way you're using it does makes you dumb.
I find myself laughing/feeling sad when reading the news more than anything.
Number of comments, but here's one: A smart phone isn't a smart phone if the way you're using it does makes you dumb.
Monday, December 21, 2015
Happy Earth
Remember, the happiness of the Earth in some way(s) relates to our own happiness and potential for optimal growth. Horoscope not quite needed
On attention
Think about it - nothing's really stopping you.
A good practice is to periodically rate one's attention on a 1-10 scale. Maybe once in the morning, mid-day, etc. If we don't know what a 10 is, then getting some additional help/support is probably necessary. When we can collectively get in the 7-9 range, this is a sign of actual and important progress.
Many of us aren't aware or care too little to invest in even a starting point. A lot of unfortunate occurrences and ills stem from this fact. I feel I know of some magic, but I've yet to visually see a magic wand.
A good practice is to periodically rate one's attention on a 1-10 scale. Maybe once in the morning, mid-day, etc. If we don't know what a 10 is, then getting some additional help/support is probably necessary. When we can collectively get in the 7-9 range, this is a sign of actual and important progress.
Many of us aren't aware or care too little to invest in even a starting point. A lot of unfortunate occurrences and ills stem from this fact. I feel I know of some magic, but I've yet to visually see a magic wand.
Beautify
Beautifying the countryside (by countryside I mean the entire country) is one of the more fun things there is to do.
Sunday, December 20, 2015
Post!
Hilarious and ridiculous. Glad he took to Twitter to apologize
http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/national/trump-isnt-center-of-miss-universe-as-pageant-crowns-winner-mjsurnpublicidaporg8d5e713913ca4db6b8e59-363070721.html
http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/national/trump-isnt-center-of-miss-universe-as-pageant-crowns-winner-mjsurnpublicidaporg8d5e713913ca4db6b8e59-363070721.html
General rule
A general rule for a healthier society (by this I mean world-society) is to focus more time on the things we all share and less time on the things we don't.
False gaps
If the only way we truly live on or "live forever" is through the minds and hearts of one another - Think about that.
The distance between knowledge/awareness and action.
Next time we read about income disparity, poverty, racism (which is a creation and not a real thing) - various forms of what I'm calling separationism, remember that the "Gap" above is the place to focus the majority of our attention.
The distance between knowledge/awareness and action.
Next time we read about income disparity, poverty, racism (which is a creation and not a real thing) - various forms of what I'm calling separationism, remember that the "Gap" above is the place to focus the majority of our attention.
New school?
Often times, we just need to get it out. Doesn't really matter much where.
If we're mostly thinking/feeling the same things, the oppression is ultimately our responsibility.
Solitude is great, but silence is predominately deadly.
So quit bitching. Turn off the tube. Even if your 88.
God or no god changes nothing about the voice each one of us is given.
"If you can talk you can sing if you can walk you can dance..."
....from Zimbabwe
:)
If we're mostly thinking/feeling the same things, the oppression is ultimately our responsibility.
Solitude is great, but silence is predominately deadly.
So quit bitching. Turn off the tube. Even if your 88.
God or no god changes nothing about the voice each one of us is given.
"If you can talk you can sing if you can walk you can dance..."
....from Zimbabwe
:)
Saturday, December 19, 2015
Friday, December 18, 2015
Sloppy science
What if I said something to you like this:
"Research shows that routinely sitting down and having a meal can decrease your risk of stroke or heart attack by somewhere near 50%"
This is in ways what "medicine" has become. People are actually spending time on this.
Will not surprise me to view a similar finding soon :)
"Research shows that routinely sitting down and having a meal can decrease your risk of stroke or heart attack by somewhere near 50%"
This is in ways what "medicine" has become. People are actually spending time on this.
Will not surprise me to view a similar finding soon :)
Wheels and decisions
There some things with wheels that pollute. There are some things with wheels that don't pollute. Even our most conservative minds would have an impossible time disputing this (I think).
We're surely limited to an extent based on prior choices, but mostly, we get to decide how to get around in what has unfortunately & unnecessarily become the gas-guzzling age. We don't really need all of this mindfulness stuff if we lessen the daily mindlessness in which so many of us choose to participate.
Kennedy said something about it, but even more simply - stop being a victim and just attempt to take back a little of a life that's yours. Careful, this might even require asking for help.
We're surely limited to an extent based on prior choices, but mostly, we get to decide how to get around in what has unfortunately & unnecessarily become the gas-guzzling age. We don't really need all of this mindfulness stuff if we lessen the daily mindlessness in which so many of us choose to participate.
Kennedy said something about it, but even more simply - stop being a victim and just attempt to take back a little of a life that's yours. Careful, this might even require asking for help.
Clouds
There are good clouds and there are not so good - or "contaminated" clouds, pretty much. They aren't necessarily bad or not capable of being better clouds. But they all need a little help from a source/sources in a giant pool of an ecosystem. I prefer to see people that way too. And I almost completely feel I'm right. Other words, take a look at the freaking sky once in a while.
If as human beings, we can't do some good for these neighbors in the sky, there won't be many favors coming our way either. We are not dissimilar.
If as human beings, we can't do some good for these neighbors in the sky, there won't be many favors coming our way either. We are not dissimilar.
Dancing
Say it again - but it's great exercise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nntGTK2Fhb0
...clapclapclapclap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nntGTK2Fhb0
...clapclapclapclap
Thursday, December 17, 2015
Interesting..
The most subtle stuff is also typically the most pronounced.
Proof we need one another?
I think so.
Tough thing
Lastly, the hardest thing about not thinking you're a work in progress is probably that you can't then really be a work in progress.
(This goes for if you're 16 or 60.)
(This goes for if you're 16 or 60.)
Knowledge
One thing that has long excited me (it's written in few spots) is knowing the fact that the truth is that one thing that can't quite be stopped.
*It has partly scared me too
*It has partly scared me too
Newness
Something it seems most everyone is yearning for :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXvBjCO19QY He has a Vevo..?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXvBjCO19QY He has a Vevo..?
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Always peace
It's nice to know that whatever goes on in the world..
There's always going to be peace.
Man
Tossing cigarette butts on the ground (anywhere) is one of the most senseless acts there is - I'm certain we can do better.
But good thing she's resilient.
But good thing she's resilient.
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
As in golf
The likelihood of hitting a great shot increases when we know what shot it is we'd like to hit.
Bits n Pieces
http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=68
"Cinnamon slows the rate at which the stomach empties after meals, reducing the rise in blood sugar after eating." (Plus it quite good)
....
7. Small emotional moments can have disproportionately large biological effects.
http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=5450
"Cinnamon slows the rate at which the stomach empties after meals, reducing the rise in blood sugar after eating." (Plus it quite good)
....
7. Small emotional moments can have disproportionately large biological effects.
It can seem surprising that an experience that lasts just a micro-moment can have any lasting effect on your health and longevity. Yet I learned that there's an important feedback loop at work here, an upward spiral between your social and your physical well-being.
Monday, December 14, 2015
Sunday, December 13, 2015
...
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/environment/2015/12/10/pumped-beyond-limits-many-us-aquifers-decline/76570380/
Was just thinking today about conscientiousness of bathing needs. As a people, we're not too good at that and can sure do better.
Was just thinking today about conscientiousness of bathing needs. As a people, we're not too good at that and can sure do better.
Saturday, December 12, 2015
Mostly relative
Buy into a little music if you're in need of some inspiration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOypSnKFHrE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOypSnKFHrE
Responsibility
Sometimes the primary thing to be done is just work a little harder. Or drink additional water.
Friday, December 11, 2015
As in golf
One doesn't quite learn to get out of the woods without sending it in there from time to time.
Alanis Morissette - Hand In My Pocket
Maybe more of a flash in the pan, but was more to meet the ear than some realize with Alanis.
Catalog
Naming a list of top 8-10 Coldplay songs is damn tough.
A true mark of any influential musician or artist.
Fri
I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.
-Pablo Casals
-Pablo Casals
Thursday, December 10, 2015
Steps
If you get tired climbing stairs, not a bad idea to incorporate some sort of exercise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua61XY84gGg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua61XY84gGg
apocalypse signs?
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Also
If there wasn't a desire for something great or better, frustration probably wouldn't exist.
:)
:)
Thing is
If each of us picked up one piece of trash per day the past week(s), it would do as much if not more in the eyes of the world than all the rigamaroll in Europe.
That how to spell rigamaroll?
That how to spell rigamaroll?
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
"Personal" questions
How frequently do we ask them and how come we so often choose not to?
(Guys - I'm looking at you)
(Guys - I'm looking at you)
News?
There is wayyyy too much of this in the world. I'd venture to guess the majority of us couldn't separate actual news from hearsay or non-factual news.
Inundation Nation comes to mind.
Inundation Nation comes to mind.
Monday, December 7, 2015
...
I'm going change the saying Only the Strong Survive to Only the Strong and Supported survive.
"Funny" how some of these things can be left out.
"Funny" how some of these things can be left out.
Really lookin
If we're really looking, we notice that there are 2 of most things.
My knowledge says this is meaningful.
:)
My knowledge says this is meaningful.
:)
Reinforcement
Your physical balance in some ways relates to overall mental/emotional balance or state of being.
Sunday, December 6, 2015
Saturday, December 5, 2015
Going to bat
I got a 33/30 in hand and saying that the final 4 tracks off Beautiful Struggle is one of best album stretches in music history.
10. Ghetto Show (ft.. Common)
11. Black Girl Pain
12. Never Been In Love (shout to Just Blaze)
13. **Beautiful Struggle
10. Ghetto Show (ft.. Common)
11. Black Girl Pain
12. Never Been In Love (shout to Just Blaze)
13. **Beautiful Struggle
This mind-blowing photograph, taken from the Hubble Telescope, shows the death throes of a star, exploding with two gargantuan lobes of hot gas and debris. The dying star would have once have been fives times the size of our Sun, and the resulting explosion has created one of the hottest places in the galaxy at just under 20,000 degrees Celsius.
(Look at two Starbucks cups on van)
Friday, December 4, 2015
Just saying
There's more potential in seeing things as tests of patience rather than awful challenges.
Applications
Being considerate of those things that have vast & near universal application is critical.
One of my favorite lines (from a doc's publication somewhere Upton/Lake Harriet) is "You can't escape what you give your attention to." Maybe this could be altered to it is highly difficult to escape, but I am thinking you get the picture.
Antarctica to Syria to Norman, OK - This matters.
One of my favorite lines (from a doc's publication somewhere Upton/Lake Harriet) is "You can't escape what you give your attention to." Maybe this could be altered to it is highly difficult to escape, but I am thinking you get the picture.
Antarctica to Syria to Norman, OK - This matters.
Thursday, December 3, 2015
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Visual Voicemail
An example of technology that's practically unnecessary.
(Along with being a sensational paradox)
(Along with being a sensational paradox)
Education
Not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. - William B. Yeats
P.S. - It's ongoing
P.S. - It's ongoing
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Passion
There's something about simply being around those with passion that's both sustaining and potentially transformational.
Here's the thing
When it comes to the climate, the 1Home, there's no such thing as a separate agenda.
http://gizmodo.com/in-pictures-china-is-enveloped-in-thick-and-dangerous-1745428569
http://gizmodo.com/in-pictures-china-is-enveloped-in-thick-and-dangerous-1745428569
Monday, November 30, 2015
Slogans
Variety: in most circumstances a healthy and growth-promoting thing.
Meanwhile, a great read here. http://www.riverfallsjournal.com/life/health/3892937-two-friends-can-ride-thanks-generosity-one
Meanwhile, a great read here. http://www.riverfallsjournal.com/life/health/3892937-two-friends-can-ride-thanks-generosity-one
Sunday, November 29, 2015
Saturday, November 28, 2015
Slogans
Play: some or more of it's likely to help you not die as quickly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ_eBTkB-rs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ_eBTkB-rs
Talib Kweli - Ghetto Show
Almost 25000 lucky folks. Bless 2004.
I was on the footbridge last night. A welcome chill. Long live EC & the 213
Thursday, November 26, 2015
Skrillex and Diplo - "Where Are Ü Now" with Justin Bieber (Official Video)
(If you want a dance/song idea. Repost)
T-giving
Enjoy your meal friends and remember the majority of days are good ones to give thanks.
That said, some music and dancing (maybe a card game) can be decent at shaking the celebration up a bit :)
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
No, It's Iowa
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/21/opinion/iowas-climate-change-wisdom.html
*Despite the fact that the United Nations General Assembly declared 2015 to be “the international year of soils,” a global soil carbon sequestration campaign — one that recognizes direct links between climate mitigation, regenerative agriculture and food security — rarely ranks at the top of any high level accords, or even conversations.
*Despite the fact that the United Nations General Assembly declared 2015 to be “the international year of soils,” a global soil carbon sequestration campaign — one that recognizes direct links between climate mitigation, regenerative agriculture and food security — rarely ranks at the top of any high level accords, or even conversations.
Saturday, November 21, 2015
Friday, November 20, 2015
...Keep bats warm
http://www.defenders.org/bats/bats
Bats are the only mammals capable of true flight. With extremely elongated fingers and a wing membrane stretched between, the bat’s wing anatomically resembles the human hand. Almost 1,000 bat species can be found worldwide. In fact, bats make up a quarter of all mammal species on earth!
And bats are susceptible to disease. White-Nose Syndrome (WNS), a fungal disease of hibernating bats that was first discovered in 2006, has had a major impact. The fungus that grows on their noses and other exposed flesh on their bodies is fatal, and can wipe out up to 99 percent of bats in single colony.
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