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The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.

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If you want to go fast, you go alone. If you want to go far, you go together

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Given her history of cancelling or arriving late, to buy a ticket to a Lauryn Hill show is to perform an act of faith. Yet fans continue to do so, partly because when Hill does arrive she does not come to play. We have known this about her for at least 20 years, ever since the release of her solo studio album, “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.” A treatise on spirituality, blackness, experience, and a showcase of Hill’s superlative talent, the album is perhaps most striking, in retrospect, for its incredible seriousness.

Read the full story, “What We Still Need from Lauryn Hill and Her ‘Miseducation,’” here. 

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(2/2) “Mom tried her best to pay for flight school, but we kept running out of money.  I’d have to drop out for a few weeks, and since flying involves so much muscle memory, it would take me a while to get back on track.  So one day I bought a stack of magazines and newspapers.  I went through every page and cut out the advertisements.  Then I opened my pantry and wrote down every brand I could find.  I sent all of them letters, asking for help.  Almost everyone said ‘no.’  But I did receive an amount from a grocery store called Pick-n-Pay.  And Breitling sent me a brand new watch to raffle.  That was a huge break.  I sold six hundred raffle tickets.  Things were going so well.  African Pilot Magazine promoted the raffle for free.  A man from Australia bought 100 tickets.  But then I got a letter from the Lottery Board ordering me to end my raffle.  They said it was illegal.  I tried to explain that I was raising money for my education, but they didn’t care.  I was so disappointed.  I’d have to sit out another year of flight school.  But when I called everyone to explain the situation, nobody would accept their money back.  They told me to keep it!  It was enough to keep me in the air for months.  Then around Christmas that year, one of my mentors invited me to eat lunch at the airport.  When I stepped out of the car, everyone who had ever helped me was there.  They all started clapping.  And somebody handed me the phone.  A person on the other end said: ‘You’re live on 94.7, and we’re going to pay for your entire education!’  That was nearly four years ago.  I just got my license last week.  My plan is to fly for South African Airlines, but first I want to do some teaching.  I want to visit schools in black neighborhoods.  I want all the kids to see what an African female pilot looks like.” (Johannesburg, South Africa)

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Would you guys say this is an accurate description of empathy vs sympathy? Are sympathetic people necessarily more empathic as well? Let us hear your thoughts and discussion @ Psych2go

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“You are going to live a good and long life filled with great and terrible moments that you cannot even imagine yet.”

— John Green, The Fault in Our Stars (via goodreadss)

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“Courage is the only virtue you cannot fake.”

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life |  @louderminds

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To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (2018) Dir. Susan Johnson, Cin. Michael Fimognari

“Lara Jean, you gotta tell people how you feel when you feel it.”

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hurricane help from a katrina survivor:

1. if your area is under mandatory evacuation, you NEED to leave. there will no no emergency services when the storm hits, this includes 911. there are no hospitals, you will be on your own. if you are under mandatory evacuation and choose to stay, write your full name and social security # on your arm so that you can be identified if you are found unresponsive.

2. fill the tubs/sinks with water, the power will be out for 2-3 days at least. fill bowls and cover them so they don’t get dust or debris in them.

3. don’t go to the attic. floods are scary, and your first instinct may be to get to higher ground once water enters your home. if you have a second floor, go there. if not, get to the ROOF. DO NOT TAKE SHELTER IN YOUR ATTIC!! the water may rise and trap you in there. always be in a place where you can escape if the water gets too high.

4. buy spray paint. this saved lots of lives in nola. if you get to the roof, you can write a message so that rescue crews can see. keep it simple, ex: “4 survivors. 1 elderly diabetic. 1 child.” if/when you escape your home, cross your message out and/or write “rescued” so that emergency crews know you don’t need help anymore. (if you have enough paint try to include your last name)

5. don’t go in the water, please. you don’t know what’s in there, you don’t know how deep it is. turn around, don’t drown. under NO circumstances should you drive a vehicle through flood waters.

6. mail important documents to relatives and take pictures of everything, and make insurance claims early. take EVERYTHING off the floor and put it on a table.

7. charge your phones, and buy an old fashioned radio and program it to the weather center.

i know it’s scary. it’ll be ok, this happened before and it’ll happen again. stay safe, don’t take any chances out there.

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“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”

— Epicurus

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It’s Kind of a Funny Story (2010)