12 hours ago
via tylerknott
I love this
I won this year’s Road Runners Club of America: Arkansas — Buzz Wilson Spirit Award. From what I understand, it goes to the runner that either had a lot of spirit, or did something that gave others some spirit.
They contacted my brother to present the award.
A very cool moment.
via bendoeslife
1 day ago
Perception
Something to think about….
Washington, DC Metro Station on a cold January morning in 2007. The man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time approximately. 2 thousand people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After 3 minutes a middle aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried to meet his schedule.
4 minutes later:
The violinist received his first dollar: a woman threw the money in the hat and, without stopping, continued to walk.
6 minutes:
A young man leaned against the wall to listen to him, then looked at his watch and started to walk again.
10 minutes:
A 3-year old boy stopped but his mother tugged him along hurriedly. The kid stopped to look at the violinist again, but the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk, turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. Every parent, without exception, forced their children to move on quickly.
45 minutes:
The musician played continuously. Only 6 people stopped and listened for a short while. About 20 gave money but continued to walk at their normal pace. The man collected a total of $32.1 hour:
He finished playing and silence took over. No one noticed. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.
No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the greatest musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, with a violin worth $3.5 million dollars. Two days before Joshua Bell sold out a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100.
This is a true story. Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste and people’s priorities.
The questions raised:
*In a common place environment at an inappropriate hour, do we perceive beauty?
*Do we stop to appreciate it?
*Do we recognize talent in an unexpected context?
One possible conclusion reached from this experiment could be this:
If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world, playing some of the finest music ever written, with one of the most beautiful instruments ever made.
How many other things are we missing?
via allthingsalishan
3 days ago
Theories on Time
- Kori says: Do you believe that we have a set destiny and that, regardless of our choices in life, it will always lead us to that point?
- Knott says: I think for each person there are an infinite amount of ways to arrive at the same endpoint, that end point being death.
- Knott says: I think the when of death is set for people, and the paths taken to get there, are separate.
- Knott says: And there are costs and benefits for each path
- Kori says: I like that. It makes sense.
- Knott says: For every second that passes, the "you" you were a second ago, follows each and every path. For every second of every minute, there are different paths being taken in parallel universes.
- Knott says: Right now, another me somewhere just stood up... I stayed here. And because of that, we have the opportunity every minute, to turn things upside down, to change Everything.
- Kori says: Where do those universes exist? Or is it more of a "hypothetical" universe?
- Knott says: Somewhere on the thread of time, but that's a whole 'nother story.
- Knott says: Is time a sphere, is it flat? Is it a timeline?
- Knott says: So I guess you could say that IF time is a flat timeline, extending forwards and backwards infinitely, then each millisecond extends up vertically, infinitely, and represents the you of that moment, following a path.
- Knott says: Sometimes those paths stay parallel, sometimes they separate, sometimes a path from long ago can directly intersect with your path now...which could explain déjà vu.
- Knott says: Some part of you crossing the same crossroads as the You of another time, just slightly behind it.
- Kori says: hmmm...fascinating.
- Knott says: I'm weird.
- Kori says: I wouldn't say that. I think that you have some very solid reasoning.
- Kori says: Do you believe people are inherently good or bad?
- Knott says: Inherently nothing.
- Knott says: People are just people, and everyone is trying to do the best they can.
- Amanda says!
- I like this a lot. It reminds me of those books where you could choose your own path to take and they each had different consequences and rewards. I also remember reading something on Please Find This about believing that somewhere else in the universe they made different choices and they were still together and that was enough for him. I think that's a powerful way to view things. There's also another one about how all in one moment you love, you hate, you hurt, you are happy etc and how everything is constantly changing and anything is possible. This conversation can go right in my memory banks as support to this theory.
via tylerknott
My friend Aubrey
We were discussing crushes and how nice it feels to have one no matter how old you are and no matter who it is on. Her review of mine is pretty spot on and also helps classify our view of men.
4 days ago
Just tell them how you feel. Is anyone going to die?
No.
But one day, you will.
Would you like to do that before or after you tell them?
»Please Find This
That is quite the chunk of change to lay down to lose our chunk. Sorry for that cliche.
Anyway, honestly there is nothing like being held responsible by someone else to get those tough workouts in. Especially when you’re paying them to do it. I have no idea how much money I’ve put into tennis over the years, but I can tell you it’s always worth it.
Wanna know a secret? I’m obsessed with perfection. Obsessed. All I want to be is perfect. What’s that? nobodies perfect? Yes, yes I know that, but I still for omigod-reasons-I-can’t-control want my life to be perfect and fabulous.
It’s not.
I’m still fat. Don’t look at me like that, I’m tired of defending my very obvious spare tire. I am not a car, yet I HAVE A SPARE TIRE PEOPLE! TO be exact, 35% of my body is fat. It should be 22%. I know this, because my personal trainer told me this.
I want to be fabulous so much. I want the perfect house (wait.. check, I have one), I want the world’s greatest friends (whoa.. check mark again here), I want the perfect job (1/2 a check mark here… hello money, yet hello cliche financial people I work with), I want the perfect boyfriend (fail), I want the perfect body (insert epic fail here).
I spent $3,000 tonight on 6 months of personal training, 3 sessions a week. HOLY SHIT I feel like such a failure typing that out. Yes, I need help thatbadly. Wanna know my reasoning? I figured a boob job costs about $6,000. It would change your life, so boo yea! I’m totally getting a discount on a life changing ‘procedure,’ hence? I signed up! Looking back on it… that’s a lot of fucking money… and a stupid fucking way to justify it.
But money is money. Fat is fat. Help is help.
I’m terrified I’m going to fail even with this huge amount of support I’ve paid through the nose for.
My trainer kept asking me over, and over again, “Are you willing to give up things in you life and fully commit?” my obvious answer, was “yes! yes! yes!!!! Obviously! Duh”but the more I thought about it, the more I realized I had just given him the obvious, mechanical answer I knew I was supposed to give.
Am I really willing to put in the work? Am I willing to give up things I love? Am I actually willing to say ‘no’?
Fuck, my heart is saying yes, but I hate how I can feel a slight doubt in the pit of my stomach.
via one-twenty-five
5 days ago
