Letters From Camelot

believe

[webofgoodnews]

Another collection of people being kind.  

(via)

[mikedugans]

You - They saw! Everyone on Earth saw! You degenerate! Everyone saw what you did to us and they know! They know you’re no better than us! No better! There’s nothing special about you! Yes, they did see, didn’t they? They saw all the ugliness, the anger…and I bet it frightened them. It frightened me, when I decided to cross the line. Do what you do. I was terrified, thought it would be tough. But you know what? Anger is easy. Hate is easy. Vengeance and spite are easy. Lucky for you…and for me…I don’t like my heroes ugly and mean. Just don’t believe in it.

[unbfacts]

self-made millionaire Harris Rosen adopted a run down neighborhood in Florida, giving all families daycare, boosting the graduation rate by 75%, and cutting the crime rate in half

[thebrainofsupercrane]

Do good.

[buzzfeed]

Turns out the world isn’t such a bad place after all. 

[youveupsettits]

Wonderful things happen every day, just remember that when it seems like the world is nothing but shit.

[faithrestoring]

Faith in Humanity Restored

[funinthesunshine]

I’m a feminist.

A feminist scholar.

I believe that language matters, and there is power in language and that is why I believe things like conversations about blurred lines matter. Because they do. It’s important for people to think about what they are saying and what others are saying...

[wonderjunkieblog-blog]

Doctors are giving HIV to CANCER. HIV. TO CANCER. Science is effing incredible.

[mrsequitone]

Watch this.

[rsmallbone]

I hadn’t seen this before. Watch it or I’ll punch you.

Positive compilation of Russian dash cams (by simplyguys)

[roxanegay]

Senator Wendy Davis filibusters Texas Senate bill SB5 that would close 37of the 42 abortion clinics in Texas, the largest state in the contiguous lower 48 states. She has to stand, without leaning, without using the restroom, without food or drink, the entire time. She has to...

[goingtohavetosaveyourself]

[insearchforknowledge-deactivate]

[lettersfromcamelot]

Bruce Lee had me up to three miles a day, really at a good pace. We’d run the three miles in twenty-one or twenty-two minutes. Just under eight minutes a mile [Note: when running on his own in 1968, Lee would get his time down to six-and-a half minutes per mile]. So this morning he said to me “We’re going to go five.” I said, “Bruce, I can’t go five. I’m a helluva lot older than you are, and I can’t do five.” He said, “When we get to three, we’ll shift gears and it’s only two more and you’ll do it.” I said “Okay, hell, I’ll go for it.” So we get to three, we go into the fourth mile and I’m okay for three or four minutes, and then I really begin to give out. I’m tired, my heart’s pounding, I can’t go any more and so I say to him, “Bruce if I run any more,” –and we’re still running-”if I run any more I’m liable to have a heart attack and die.” He said, “Then die.” It made me so mad that I went the full five miles. Afterward I went to the shower and then I wanted to talk to him about it. I said, you know, “Why did you say that?” He said, “Because you might as well be dead. Seriously, if you always put limits on what you can do, physical or anything else, it’ll spread over into the rest of your life. It’ll spread into your work, into your morality, into your entire being. There are no limits. There are plateaus, but you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. If it kills you, it kills you. A man must constantly exceed his level.”

[cobalt-templar]

People try to tell me that Superman is simple and naive. They try to suggest to me that Batman’s more psychologically complex stories are where adults REALLY gravitate. And in many cases, they do. But I actually do think that Batman represents a certain type of naievete. Batman is about trying to CONTROL your environment. He believes that he can STOP bad things from happening. He is forever an 8 year old boy, holding his dying parents in his arms and thinking he can stop this from ever happening again. Batman hopes to eliminate criminals from his world entirely. With his fists. Superman, for me, has an acceptance that bad things WILL always happen. In many versions, he comes to terms very early in life with the fact that despite his immense power, he cannot stop bad things from happening. That his goal as a hero cannot be to stop bad things from happening, but instead should be about using his gifts to help those in need when the time comes. Sometimes, yes, he can stop a bullet. But he cannot eradicate the darkness that would convince a man to fire it in the first place. One is about fighting against the dire currents of life, one is about accepting them and trying to make the ride as comfortable as possible. There is maturity and wisdom in acceptance.

Justin Korthof (via cobalt-templar)

If you want to follow Justin he’s @sixokay on Twitter!

(via momsreadcomics)

[browndresswithwhitedots]

I firmly believe in small gestures: pay for their coffee, hold the door for strangers, over tip, smile or try to be kind even when you don’t feel like it, pay compliments, chase the kid’s runaway ball down the sidewalk and throw it back to him, try to be larger than you are— particularly when it’s difficult. People do notice, people appreciate. I appreciate it when it’s done to (for) me. Small gestures can be an effort, or actually go against our grain (“I’m not a big one for paying compliments…”), but the irony is that almost every time you make them, you feel better about yourself. For a moment life suddenly feels lighter, a bit more Gene Kelly dancing in the rain.

Jonathan Carroll   (via coyotegold)

[prawnbonjovi]

A police officer was killed this week here in Arizona. Today is his daughter’s kindergarten graduation, and because he couldn’t be there, the rest of the force showed up to represent him.

[thiinka]

[k1ssyourknuckles-deactivated201]

[suicideisnotanoption4u]

8-years ago, CHP Officer Kevin Briggs talked this young man out of jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge.  That young man’s name is Kevin Berthia.  Today he is 30 years old and married with 2 children.  This week he presented Officer Briggs with an award on behalf of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.  The story of how Officer Briggs talked Kevin down is remarkable.  As you can see in the picture, Kevin is literally one step away from jumping to his death. But for more than hour, the officer listened to Kevin pour his heart out about his troubles and told him, “I know you think things are bad, but they can get better.” Kevin says, “Officer Briggs never made me feel guilty for the situation I was in. He made feel like, I understand why you are here, but there are alternatives” Kevin is just one of countless lives Briggs has saved over his 23 year career. Briggs, who was promoted to Sergeant five years ago, is humble about what he does. He says, ”they make the decision, when they step back over that rail it takes a tremendous amount of courage” I salute Sergeant Briggs! Photo: The San Francisco Chronicle, John Storey

[anengineersaspect-deactivated20]

ENGINEERING QUOTE OF THE WEEK - RICHARD LAMM

“All we know about the new economic world tells us that nations which train engineers will prevail over those which train lawyers. No nation has ever sued its way to greatness. ”                                                                                                                    ~Richard Lamm

(An Engineer’s Aspect)

[sicknessinside]