Inspiring thoughts and images from near and far.
A colleague recently introduced me to a term: Enshittification. This is how its defined on Wikipedia: Enshittification, also known as crapification and platform decay, is a pattern in which online products and services decline in quality. Initially, vendors create high-quality offerings to attract users, then they degrade those offerings to better serve business customers, and finally degrade their services to …
Poem by Edgar Guest I’d rather see a sermon than hear one any day;I’d rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way.The eye’s a better pupil and more willing than the ear,Fine counsel is confusing, but example’s always clear;And the best of all the preachers are the men who live their creeds,For …
One way to understand people is by understanding their core elements. There are 4 basic elements of which each person is made: Each person has all 4 elements in them. Yet, usually 1 or 2 of these elements are more dominant. Each element comes with its strengths (ie. positive qualities) and weaknesses (ie. negative qualities). …
By Vince Lombardi Winning is not a sometime thing; it’s an all the time thing. You don’t win once in a while; you don’t do things right once in a while; you do them right all the time. Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. There is no room for second place. There is …
Every minute someone leaves this world behind. We are all in “the line” without knowing it. We never know how many people are before us. We can not move to the back of the line. We can not step out of the line. We can not avoid the line. So while we wait in line …
When I run after what I think I want, my days are a furnace of distress and anxiety; If I sit in my own place of patience, what I need flows to me, and without any pain. From this I understand that what I want also wants me, is looking for me and attracting me. …
Today, upon a bus, I saw a girl with golden hair. I envied her, she seemed so gay, and wished I was as fair. When suddenly she rose to leave, I saw her hobbled down the aisle. She had one leg and wore a crutch. And as she passed… a smile. Oh God, forgive me …
Basic Principles of The Artist’s Way Creativity is the natural order of life. Life is energy: pure creative energy. There is an underlying, in-dwelling creative force infusing all of life–including ourselves. When we open ourselves to our creativity, we open ourselves to the creator’s creativity within us and our lives. We are, ourselves, creations. And …
You have a creative energy inside of you. It was given to you when you were born. Your creative energy is able to manifest itself in different ways – through visuals, words or sounds. Yet, very often your creative energy gets locked up inside of you. It’s trapped behind your daily responsibilities and others’ expectations. Julia Cameron, in …