Russ Towne's A Grateful Man

we are often too late with our brilliance. we are on time delay.

the only instant gratification comes in the form of potato chips.

the rest will find us by surprise somewhere down the road

maybe as we sleep and dream of other things.

– richard schiff

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in honor of national potato chip day.

and brilliant people everywhere.

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You know that the antidote to exhaustion is not necessarily rest?

“The antidote to exhaustion is wholeheartedness”

“You are so tire through and through because a good half of what
you do here in this organization has nothing to do with your true
powers, or the place you have reached in your life. You are only
half here, and half here will kill you after a while. You need
something to which you can give your full powers. You know what that
is; I don’t have to tell you.”

You must do something heartfelt, and you must do it soon. Let go
of all this effort, and let yourself down, however awkwardly,
into the waters of the work you want for yourself.

~ David Whyte quoting David Stein-Well in the book Crossing the Unknown Sea

What happens when you combine completing your last semester of full time university with a…

You will say you don’t have 10 minutes to watch.  And then, you will say, why did it end so soon.

Watch this amazing TED Talk here: Dive into an ocean photographer’s world.

“Somersaulting manta rays, dashing dolphins, swarming schools of fish and munching sharks inhabit a world beneath the ocean’s surface that few get a chance to see. Conservation photographer Thomas Peschak visits incredible seascapes around the world, and his photos reveal these hidden ecosystems. “You can’t love something and become a champion for it if you don’t know it exists,” he says. Join Peschak as he shares his stunning work and his dream for a future of respectful coexistence with the ocean.”