Joel Rojo

Discoveries of a dabbling dilettante

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Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.

Aristotle

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Once you realize you're complete, then this life and everything in it becomes a play of form

Jim Carrey

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The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it

Michaelangelo

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“You are a ghost driving a meat coated skeleton made from stardust riding a rock floating through space. Fear nothing.” Life in perspective. via Chad Masso

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The only thing that makes sense to do is strive for greater collective enlightenment

Elon Musk

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Live Fully Now - some Monday morning inspiration from the great Alan Watts

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It's important to ask yourself if the things you want in life are dreams or goals. You fantasize about dreams. You visualize, plan and apply intelligent effort for goals. This focus is the compass that allows you to find order in the chaos.

paraphrased from The Tim Ferris Show via Gus Rojo

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A quick overview of aperture, shutter speed and ISO. Great example of a simply designed infographic that’s useful and easy to digest.

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Evolution of Humanity

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The truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive.

Bill Watterson

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Spotify just released a pretty cool "My Year in Music" tool. Here’s how I played in 2014. I'm just glad 1st of Tha Month was in my top 5 songs :) spotify.com/2014 #Spotify2014

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Earth compared to our sun and other stars. We’re so tiny… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4iD-9GSW-0

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In each present experience you were only aware of that experience. You were never aware of being aware. You were never able to separate the thinker from the thought, the knower from the known. All you ever found was a new thought, a new experience... To understand music, you must listen to it. But so long as you are thinking, “I am listening to this music,” you are not listening.

Alan Watts

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Going nowhere ... isn’t about turning your back on the world; it’s about stepping away now and then so that you can see the world more clearly and love it more deeply.

Pico Iyer

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The OS Fund invests in entrepreneurs working towards life changing discoveries and innovations. Great to see smart people focused on the big picture - http://osfund.co/

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Honored and humbled to be featured as part of Google's launch of .SOY, a new domain for Latinos online. Visit holagoogle.soy & share your story. Or check out www.iam.soy to register a domain

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"The New Ikea Bookbook" - this parody is so on point