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The Way is calm and wide, not easy, not difficult. But small minds get lost. Hurrying, they fall behind.
-Seng Can
El Camino es ancho y tranquilo, no es facil, no es difícil. Pero mentes pequeñas se pierden. Apresurándose se quedan atrás.
-Seng Can
A video which highlights the power of the human mind. What is consciousness? where does imagination come from? It is at the root of everything ever created yet its power remain a mystery. This video will hopefully force you to question reality and make you think about the amazing tool which we all posses inside of our heads. Think and wonder.
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For the Experienced-
You know enough now that you don’t just have to follow someone else’s pattern. Or keep repeating your own. You can break the pattern. Improve it. Perfect it. Change the plan. Adapt and improvise. Make what works best for you. Now your skills will take you wherever you want to go.
-Kate Jacobs
Para los de experiencia-
Ahora sabes lo suficiente que ya no tienes que seguir el modelo de otro o seguir repitiendo el tuyo. Podes romper el molde. Mejorarlo. Perfeccionarlo. Cambia el plan. Adapta e improvisa. Haz lo que funciona mejor para ti. Ahora tus habilidades te llevaran a donde sea que quieras ir.
-Kate Jacobs
A Zen pencil Illustration of a quote by American Artist Bill Watterson who authored the comic strip Calvin & Hobbes. An amazing, creative genius, who reminds us that it is still possible to create and live a life that we are proud of. It might not be easy to achieve but it will certainly we worth all your troubles. Live your dreams and create the life you want. 
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Ilustración de Zen pencil sobre una frase del artista Americano Bill Watterson, autor de la famosa historieta Calvin y Hobbes. Un genio creativo que nos recuerda que todavia es posible crear y vivir una vida que haga orgulloso. No es facil de conseguir pero seguro que vale la pena. Vive tus sueños y crea la vida que quieres.
“Crear una vida que refleje tus valores y que satisfaiga tu alma es un logro poco común. En una cultura que promueve implacablemente la avaricia y el exceso como la ‘buena vida’, una persona feliz haciendo su proprio trabajo es considerado un excéntrico, si no un subversivo. La ambición es entendida solamente si es para llegar a la cima de una escalera imaginaria del éxito. Alguien que toma un trabajo poco exigente por que le otorga la oportunidad de perseguir otros intereses y actividades es considerado un tonto, un irresponsable, una persona con falta de ambición. Una persona que abandona una carrera para quedarse en casa y criar sus hijos es considerada como que no esta viviendo a la altura de su potencial– como si un titulo en un trabajo y un salario fueran las únicas medidas del valor humano.
Te van a transmitir en cientos de maneras, algunas sutiles y otra no, que sigas trepando, y que nunca estés satisfecho con tu lugar, con quien eres, y con lo que haces. Hay millones de maneras de venderte a ti mismo, y te garantizo que vas a escuchar sobre ellas.
Inventarle tu propio sentido a la vida no es facil, pero todavía es permitido, y creo que vas a ser mas feliz por las molestias. “
– Bill Watterson
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For when we are just beginning…
Take baby steps: don’t focus on the folks whose skills are far beyond your own. When you’re new to something-or you haven’t tried it in a while-it can feel impossibly hard to get it right. Every misstep feels like a reason to quit. You envy everyone else who seems to know what they’re doing. What keeps you going? The belief that one day you’ll also be like that: Elegant. Capable. Confident. Experienced. And you can be. All you need now is enthusiasm. A little bravery. And-always-a sense of humor.
-Kate Jacobs
Para cuando recién arrancamos…
Toma pasos de bebe: No te fijes en la gente cuyas habilidades van mucho mas lejos que las tuyas. Cuando eres nuevo a algo, o no lo has intentado en mucho tiempo, pude parecerse imposiblemente difícil de hacerlo bien. Cada paso en falso se siente como una razón para dejar. Envidias a todos los demás que aparentan saber lo que están haciendo. Que te hace continuar? La fe que algún día tu también serás así: Elegante. Capaz. Seguro. Experimentado. Y puedes serlo. Todo lo que precisas ahora es entusiasmo. Un poco de valentía. Y siempre un sentido del humor.
-Kate Jacobs
“Humbled by the road, I’m realizing I’m not important
See life’s a beautiful struggle, I record it
Hope it helps you maneuvering through yours and
That’s why we stay in the lab at night
I’ve been staring into this pad for over half my life
A true artist won’t be satisfied
So I guess that’s the sacrifice
And I say……
Make the money, don’t let the money make you
Change the game, don’t let the game change you
I’ll forever remain faithful”
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I’m grateful for anything that reminds me of what’s possible in this life. Books can do that. Films can do that. Music can do that. School can do that. It’s so easy to allow one day to simply follow into the next, but every once in a while we encounter something that shows us that anything is possible, that dramatic change is possible, that something new can be made, that laughter can be shared. -Jonathan Safran Foer
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Soy agradecido por todo lo que me recuerda de lo que es posible en esta vida. Libros pueden hacerlo. Películas pueden hacerlo. Música puede hacerlo. La educación puede hacerlo. Es muy fácil dejar que un día simplemente siga y se convierta en otro, pero de vez en cuando nos encontramos con algo que nos muestra que cualquier cosa es posible, que un cambio dramático es posible, que se puede crear algo nuevo, que las risas se pueden compartir.-Jonathan Safran Foer
I like to think that life is not ultimately meaningless but full of purpose. Like Aristotle said, “happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.” In our own weird and mysterious ways we all strive for happiness and love. Love is the purpose and the way, we all want to feel loved. But this dualistic world sometimes feels crazy, upside down and wrong and love seems to be non-existant. There are days where I am bombarded with negativity which I try to shrug off but it works hard at taking hold. There was a time when negativity had taken grasp of my soul and days darkened and drifted into each other, but it all ended when you appeared. Out of nowhere you came in to my life and like a gust of refreshing air you blew the negativity away and awakened the positivity that laid dormant inside of me. You gave me a reason to believe in love as the answer to most questions of meaning in life. You gave me medicine in the form of kisses, laughs and happiness. They say that love is just a word, a loose construct, until someone comes in to your life to give it meaning. I found that meaning in you. Just the thought of you comforted me because my life was a frown and you turned it into a smile. When we met I told you that I like to write but when I shared that with you i had not written for months. I only write when i have an inspiration to do so, i can’t force it. When i’m inspired the sentences flow out of me, like i’m channeling ideas from someone else’s mind, a mind much more clearer and sharper than mine. It know it sounds strange but its how my mind works. It’s the miraculous inspiration that you give me which is special and unique. I was a secluded and reserved person and never shared much of myself to anyone until you appeared. Once i started sharing things with you i realized that i had been dying to share my ideas, my thoughts, myself, and didn’t even know it. I realized that It is through this sharing that one explores his depths. You give me a reason to write and the simple fact that you sit there, day after day, and receive my messages, that you read them and try to listen to what it is truly is i want to say, that gives me inspiration to continue. You helped me to find myself. You bring out the best in me and continually inspire me to be better. This brilliance lay hidden inside of me and and you grabbed me by the shoulders and shook my life so I could find it. You came with your torch of passion and love and set my life ablaze. You lit a fire that will forever burn inside my soul. The reason is you and talking to you makes my day.
A story for all those looking for a special kind of love. Believe that it is out there and don’t settle until you find it.
“We live in the world that your propaganda made, but where you think you are strong you are weak. Your lies tell us the truth we will use against you. Your secrecy shows us where we will strike. Your weapons reveal your fears for all to see. From Cairo to Quito a new world is forming. The power of people armed with the truth.” – Julian Assange
“Cada persona es una nueva puerta a otro mundo diferente”
How awesome it is to live new experiences, to get to know and feel new things. To get to know new streets and new people learning from everything and everyone. When we get to know the unknown we realize that the different is not so different. That even with our diversity and differences we are all very much alike, and deep down at the fundamental level we are all the same.
We are each on our journey in search of happiness, fighting our own battles along the great path of life. The path goes up and down, with steps forward and steps backwards, but when we fall we always rise back up. We face challenges, fight our own resistance and overcome our fears. We learn to coexist with happiness and sadness, with hope and despair, with the good and the bad and we realize that Life is worth living only If you feel alive. It doesn’t matter where you go, as along as it is always forward, continually growing and enjoying the ride. Live and learn, grow and flourish. Like Brazilian rapper Marcelo D2 says, “nada pode me parar”, NOTHING can stop me !
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Español (Soy un estudiante aprendiendo, perdón por las faltas gramáticas y de ortografía)
Que lindo que es vivir nuevas experiencias, conocer y sentir nuevas cosas. Caminar y conocer nuevas calles y nueva gente, aprendiendo te todo y todos. Al conocer lo desconocido nos damos cuenta que lo diferente no es tan diferente. Que a pesar de nuestra diversidad y nuestras diferencias, somos muy parecidos y al fondo somos todos iguales.
Cada uno en su viaje en busca de la felicidad, luchando sus propias batallas a lo largo del gran camino de la vida. El camino sube y baja y damos pasos adelante y pasos atrás pero cuando nos caemos siempre nos levantamos. Enfrentamos desafíos, peleamos contra nuestra resistencia y superamos nuestros miedos. Aprendemos a Convivir con la alegría y la tristeza, la ilusión y la disolución, la esperanza y la desesperanza y nos damos cuenta que solo vale la pena vivir si uno se siente vivo. No importa a donde vayas mientras siempre sea hacia adelante, continuamente mejorando e intentando de disfrutando del viaje. Conocer y aprender, vivir y crecer. Como dice Marcelo D2, Nada Pode Me Parar!
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