Buddha

"Don't blindly believe what I say. Don't believe me because others convince you of my words. Don't believe anything you see, read, or hear from others, whether of authority, religious teachers or texts. Don't rely on logic alone, nor speculation. Don't infer or be deceived by appearances. Do not give up your authority and follow blindly the will of others. This way will lead to only delusion. Find out for yourself what is truth, what is real. Discover that there are virtuous things and there are non-virtuous things. Once you have discovered for yourself give up the bad and embrace the good."

~ The Buddha

beaches beaches

flyingthenest.tv/10-unusual-beaches

mary doodles

Mary Doodles

http://www.marydoodles.com/

Mary is an aaaaaaadorable lady who makes brilliant doodles and super cute comics via youtube videos. She also has a series called "What Will I Draw?" in which she turns a random scribbles into a super creative drawing. I love her style and goofy demeanor. 
Check her videos out: HERE  

• born in MN
• studied filmmaking and acting at Columbia College Chicago
• worked on awesome productions such as Lost, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Epic Rap Battles of History 
• cointued studies in improv at Westside Comedy Theater (where she performs in a variety of shows today)
• started awesome Youtube channel in 2011 entitled Mary Doodles
• super cool chick  

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And here is an example of her "What Will I Draw?" series with the before and after shot:

Crazy awesome. 

Girl is da bomb.

elizabeth holmes

31 years old.

Female.

College drop-out.

Billionaire.  
Badass. 

http://hellogiggles.com/forbes-billionaires-elizabeth-holmes/2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBvzKp0AERE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YecjzEScXqU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLTAFbKbC8w

http://fortune.com/2014/06/12/theranos-blood-holmes/

advice column

 

death is nothing at all

 

Death is nothing at all.
I have only slipped away to the next room.
I am I and you are you.
Whatever we were to each other,
That, we still are.

Call me by my old familiar name.
Speak to me in the easy way
which you always used.
Put no difference into your tone.
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.

Laugh as we always laughed
at the little jokes we enjoyed together.
Play, smile, think of me. Pray for me.
Let my name be ever the household word
that it always was.
Let it be spoken without effect.
Without the trace of a shadow on it.

Life means all that it ever meant.
It is the same that it ever was.
There is absolute unbroken continuity.
Why should I be out of mind
because I am out of sight?

I am but waiting for you.
For an interval.
Somewhere. Very near.
Just around the corner.

All is well.


 

corpse tree

The idea of being stuck in a box and buried in the ground has always freaked me out. I think even in death, the confinement of a coffin would suffocate me. 
I hate the idea of being trapped.

And then there's cremation, which seemed cool, except where would I be scattered? Certainly not in the ocean, because open water is TERRIFYING.

I'd hate to sit on a shelf somewhere - aside from being super creepy, it seems lame.. who would want to become a piece of decor after they die? No thanks. 

THEN.

I found this:

 

 http://bigthink.com/design-for-good/this-awesome-urn-will-turn-you-into-a-tree-after-you-die

 http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/your-decaying-corpse-could-become-a-tree?utm_source=tcpfbus

What a perfect way to leave this world - become a tree!

Circle of life and all, I dig it...

Sign me up!