I saw this text as a post on Facebook some time ago. And I’m guessing you did too, since we were all kindly asked to re-post it and so it probably went around the world. Still, it’s interesting to zoom in on it. It is amazing how our mind works and that we’re able to read this total mix up of letters and numbers, fairly easy. It proves just how creative and flexible our mind is when confronted with an apparent chaos. Take for instance this Cambridge University study that says: “Did you konw you’re a guiens? Jsut the fcat taht you can atllacuy raed tihs psot porves taht fcat. The huamn mnid is so pufowerl it can dcodee tihs txet eevn tguohh eervy sglnie wrod is slepled iocenrtclry. The one cavaet is taht the frist and lsat lertets are pervresed in erevy wrod. Cidrgbame Uitesirnvy cetoudncd a sduty and fnuod taht the biarn deos not raed eevry snlige lteetr, but wodrs as a wohle. To me, these two examples serve as a metaphor for life itself. It shows that when we permit ourselves to go beyond the guidelines, even when we face chaos, our mind is capable of bringing order almost instantly.
Dedicated to the people everywhere, who will help out a ‘stranger’. These words come from Benjamin Jenks at the end of his film. He says: “Some people dream of sitting on a beach in Tahiti or sailing around the world. My travel dream was to hitchhike around the USA for a year. I wanted to meet people from all walks of life and learn about the world through a simple adventure. The video took 3 months to shoot and 2 years to create (although I’m a hitchhiker and I’m not slaving away for 12 hours a day or anything…)”. Dear friends, this is one of the most uplifting, positive and warm hearted video’s I’ve come across so far. This video is just the start of Benjamin’s adventures to live, as he says so himself: “an exciting and wise life”. Let it inspire you to open up to all the people, everywhere, not only the ones you already know. Because they too, were once ‘strangers’.
To show who we are and to say what we feel isn’t always easy, because we often fear the consequences. For example, we think that other people might think less of us when we show our true self. So instead, we often prefer to remain in the dark, hiding ourselves from the confrontation we think awaits us. So there we are, locked up in our self created room. Safe for the moment, but stuck in the end. What can we do? Well, the first question we need to ask is: what do I want? Do I want get out of this room, feel free and show myself? Or do I want to remain invisible? Everyone ultimately comes to a point where he or she wants to open that door and step out. And of course sometimes, this takes a great deal of courage. A beautiful insight that might fuel that courage comes from American writer, poet en cartoonist Dr. Seuss. He said: “Be who you are and say what you feel. Because those who mind, don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind”. As this helps me, I hope this helps you too, to dare open the door and free yourself by being yourself.
This post is for relaxation. You’ll see stunning timelapse footage, depicting the stars from low earth orbit, as viewed from the International Space Station (ISS). The ISS is a modular structure whose first component was launched in 1998 and in 2011 it was completed. From 2000 the station is permanently inhabited. Like many artificial satellites, you can the ISS from Earth with the naked eye. But what do you see with the naked eye when you’re in the ISS and look outside? Click play to see!
Imagine a ball and this ball is your goal. It represents something you wish for. It can be the tiniest of things and it can be a as huge as your life’s mission. Whatever it is: keep your eye on it. At all times if possible. Because whatever you give attention to, will grow. That’s the idea. Without your focus on it, the ball is just a ball and it won’t go anywhere until you play with it. Only when you play with it, it will go into a certain direction. It will bounce, it will spin, it will go fast, slow, straight and with a curve. It will be in your reach and sometimes out. It doesn’t matter. As long as you stay alert and pay close attention to what is happening and where it’s going, you can always get possession of the ball and ultimately score your goal. Come to think of it, maybe the ball is the goal. Just like the journey is the destination, as I’ve written about in this column. Then, keeping your eye on the ball always pays off.
How a dull day at the office can turn into a creative outburst. We should all try this, say once a year. Transform the office into a playground. And just for the record, I have no ties with this Sticky Note brand, but I enjoyed watching the video and appreciate it’s message. There, that’s said. Now enjoy!
Those who have traveled know it from experience: life is a road wide open. Just like imagination, it can take you anywhere. Samuel Johnson (1709 – 1784), an English author who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer, said: “The use of traveling, is to regulate imagination by reality”. When I came across his words, I was moved by their powerful, poetic encouragement to explore life. To see the world and get inspired. And to get inspired to see a new world. It is this interplay that lies at the heart of all progress. The definition of traveling is not only going from A to B. Traveling means exposing yourself to experience. Physically, mentally and spiritually. It means to explore and to go beyond the boundaries of all your senses. Or as I said in this post: Behind every door, a new new discovery can be made. It can be a scent, a sight, a sound, a touch or taste. You can imagine it, but only by traveling (or simply opening that door) you will regulate your imagination by reality. And only then you can manifest your inner world in the external world. Keep this in mind each time you open a door. Any door, really, for life is a road wide open.
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