The hardest lesson NFL MVP Steve Young ever had to learn.
"Fear-based thinking is a liar. I was afraid of failure, so much so that I paid this price so that I could have success. I learned as an older person, that's a fallacy. That's fraudulent."
"I'm not going to pay for success with my worry and fretting. Man, fame is a thief. Fear-based thinking is a thief. There's a lot of thieves in life."
REMINDER that Van Gogh painted "The Starry Night" in a mental asylum, Dostoevsky wrote "The Gambler" to pay off gambling debts, and Dickens wrote "The Christmas Carol" when he was broke and his wife on their 5th child. Stress has produced more art than "slow saturdays" ever will
67 years ago today, ‘Take Five’ by Dave Brubeck Quartet was released as a single.
It went on to become the best-selling jazz single of the 20th century.
Yesterday I watched “Soul” to remind myself that maybe the purpose of life isn’t always finding some big purpose. It’s simply being present enough to enjoy being alive.
“And God said ‘love your enemy’, and I obeyed him and loved myself.”
- Khalil Gibran
Khalil Gibran (1883–1931) was a Lebanese poet, author, and artist whose writings earned him worldwide recognition. Often described as a mystical philosopher, a designation he himself resisted, Gibran is most famous for his 1923 masterpiece, The Prophet.
His literary works combine lyrical prose with spiritual insight, examining universal experiences such as love, suffering, labor, and mortality. Through straightforward yet deeply meaningful language, Gibran used parables and memorable sayings to illuminate the complexities of human existence and express enduring truths about life.
Claude Mellan's "Face of Christ" was created with a single line
Using a single continuous line that spiraled from the top of Christ’s nose and expanded outwards Claude Mellan was able to create the ‘Face of Christ’,
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