Making life a little easier.

(Things that make me happy, and hopefully you too)

[stevendemmer]

what do you want to do with your life?

watch this three minute video..it's very moving.

[purplebuddhaproject]

[101funnymemes]

Wow!! 15 optical illusions that prove your mind likes to play tricks on you.

Headf*ck!

[stevendemmer]

keep on keepin' on.

[stevendemmer]

This is sad but somehow warming: You want a physicist to speak at your funeral. You want the physicist to talk to your grieving family about the conservation of energy, so they will understand that your energy has not died. You want the physicist to remind your sobbing mother about the first law of thermodynamics; that no energy gets created in the universe, and none is destroyed. You want your mother to know that all your energy, every vibration, every Btu of heat, every wave of every particle that was her beloved child remains with her in this world. You want the physicist to tell your weeping father that amid energies of the cosmos, you gave as good as you got. And at one point you'd hope that the physicist would step down from the pulpit and walk to your brokenhearted spouse there in the pew and tell him/her that all the photons that ever bounced off your face, all the particles whose paths were interrupted by your smile, by the touch of your hair, hundreds of trillions of particles, have raced off like children, their ways forever changed by you. And as your widow rocks in the arms of a loving family, may the physicist let him/her know that all the photons that bounced from you were gathered in the particle detectors that are her/his eyes, that those photons created within her/him constellations of electromagnetically charged neurons whose energy will go on forever. And the physicist will remind the congregation of how much of all our energy is given off as heat. There may be a few fanning themselves with their programs as he says it. And he will tell them that the warmth that flowed through you in life is still here, still part of all that we are, even as we who mourn continue the heat of our own lives. And you'll want the physicist to explain to those who loved you that they need not have faith; indeed, they should not have faith. Let them know that they can measure, that scientists have measured precisely the conservation of energy and found it accurate, verifiable and consistent across space and time. You can hope your family will examine the evidence and satisfy themselves that the science is sound and that they'll be comforted to know your energy's still around. According to the law of the conservation of energy, not a bit of you is gone; you're just less orderly.

Aaron Freeman

[stevendemmer]

good morning, world.

[stevendemmer]

so true...

[stevendemmer]

to find true happiness you must turn inward.

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[stevendemmer]

The Really Surprising Benefit Of Gardening

For those of us who has watched a "can't be killed!" tomato plant slowly give up on life despite our constant attention, gardening can be a little frustrating. But if you're lucky enough to have a green thumb, there's a big bonus (aside from a crop of lovely tomatoes): You're less likely to show signs of depression or unhappiness, according to a survey from Gardeners' World magazine.

[stevendemmer]

humans, unlike eggs, can actually survive blows from an external forces - by looking within themselves.

[stevendemmer]

activities to promote happiness!

ie try one today

[stevendemmer]

as much as you may want to help someone, if they don't want to help themselves then you can't help them at all.

remember your basic needs are more important than anyone else's.  it's not being selfish, it's being realistic.

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[stevendemmer]

especially at your lowest remember to do the things that you love to do. even if you don't feel like it. it'll distract you mind.

[stevendemmer]

[mindfulnessman-blog-blog]

This is the absolute truth