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With All Your Heart

On July 28, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Quotes

“Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.”

- The Buddha

via @rainnwilson 

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Be a Traveler, not a Tourist

On July 24, 2012 · 5 Comments · In Quotes

“Please be a traveler, not a tourist.  Try new things, meet new people, and look beyond what’s right in front of you.  Those are the keys to understanding this amazing world we live in.”

- Andrew Zimmern

Image via Odin Tours

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Why Are You Closing Your Eyes, NYC?

On April 30, 2012 · 2 Comments · In Anthropology

I feel like sharing with the internet something I noticed while traveling to NYC in the past.  While quietly observing New Yorkers, I noticed something odd – they close their eyes in public a lot.  I never really noticed before but in the Midwest, we rarely if ever close our eyes in public [...]

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Everyone is Secretly Confused

On February 16, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Books I'm Reading

I recently wrote about middle school, but now I’m going to take it back 4 more years to elementary school.  From 2nd grade to 4th grade, the “smart” kids in the gifted program were shuttled to a different school once a week to take on more enriching lessons than say long division (which [...]

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Courage Doesn’t Always Roar

On December 21, 2011 · 4 Comments · In Quotes

Courage doesn’t always roar.  Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says ‘I’ll try again tomorrow.’

- Mary Anne Radmacher

via Explore for a Year - a great website with articles on how to quit your job to travel the world.

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