This is a collections of thoughts and images that have engaged my imagination, provoked a thought or inspired me.

15th June 2013

Photo reblogged from Gradness Madness with 53,148 notes

Source: jeremybdavis

15th June 2013

Photo reblogged from Emergent Futures Tumblelog with 43 notes

emergentfutures:

Your children are slaves to their smartphones


Summary: Today’s teens and pre-teens are overly reliant on technology, lazy, self-entitled, and are the worst read of any generation.

OR ARE THEY?

Full Story: ZDNET

emergentfutures:

Your children are slaves to their smartphones

Summary: Today’s teens and pre-teens are overly reliant on technology, lazy, self-entitled, and are the worst read of any generation.

OR ARE THEY?

Full Story: ZDNET

15th June 2013

Link reblogged from Gradness Madness with 14 notes

Gradness Madness: What sustains life and health? →

gradnessmadness:

What sustains life and health?

Fresh air. Lots of clean water. Adequate sleep. Nutritious food. Exercising the body. Exercising the mind in positive ways. Happiness.

I’m thinking of how my life has sometimes gone off the rails, and it’s usually when I neglect these areas. I stay cooped up…

15th June 2013

Photo reblogged from fotojournalismus with 248 notes

fotojournalismus:

Lightning strikes the Willis Tower in downtown Chicago on early June 12, 2013.
[Credit : Scott Olson/Getty Images]

fotojournalismus:

Lightning strikes the Willis Tower in downtown Chicago on early June 12, 2013.

[Credit : Scott Olson/Getty Images]

15th June 2013

Link reblogged from Utne Reader with 91 notes

Fish on Prozac: Anxious, anti-social, aggressive — Environmental Health News →

poptech:

Antidepressants excreted from humans are flooding waterways and making fish homicidal. 

Source: poptech

15th June 2013

Quote reblogged from Utne Reader with 1,232 notes

Sales of George Orwell’s 1984 have skyrocketed. It’s true. So the fallout from the (NSA spying) scandal is worse than we thought. It’s forcing Americans to read.
CONAN O’BRIEN (via inothernews)

Source: inothernews

15th June 2013

Link reblogged from Gradness Madness with 12 notes

Gradness Madness: Three schools of thought →

gradnessmadness:

When it comes to self-esteem, it occurs to me that there are three ways of thinking.

At one extreme is “the opinions of others mean everything.” Many people (especially young women) go through this during adolescence; others take longer to grow out of it (if they do at all). We all know someone…

14th June 2013

Link reblogged from Gradness Madness with 5 notes

Gradness Madness: Success →

gradnessmadness:

“Success in life could be defined as the continued expansion of happiness and the progressive realization of worthy goals. Success is the ability to fulfill your desires with effortless ease. And yet success, including the creation of wealth, has always been considered to be a process that…

14th June 2013

Post reblogged from Gradness Madness with 11 notes

Thought for the day

gradnessmadness:

“Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstances.”

- Bruce Barton

14th June 2013

Quote reblogged from Gradness Madness with 11,767 notes

I cured myself of shyness when it finally occurred to me that people didn’t think about me half as much as I gave them credit for. The truth was, nobody gave a damn. Like most teenagers, I was far too self-centered. When I stopped being prisoner to what I worried was others’ opinions of me, I became more confident and free.
— Lucille Ball (via always-have-a-dream)

Source: always-have-a-dream