I like Ray Bradbury quotes (because I imagine a wily man with silvering hair that shakes as he emphasizes his points

read them out loud, it is hard not to make a fist pump or a face one associates with playful wisdom.


"We are the miracle of force and matter making itself over into imagination and will. Incredible. The Life Force experimenting with forms. You for one. Me for another. The Universe has shouted itself alive. We are one of the shouts."

"Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories."

"We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out."

"You fail only if you stop writing. "

"You've got to jump off cliffs and build your wings on the way down. "

BUBBLES

I like bubbles. Bubbles make me happy. I have a blue bottle of bubbles and a pink bottle of bubbles and sometimes I bring them places. These are new things I have learned about bubbles in the past year:

-Cars can easily be turned into bubble machines by rolling down the window, dipping the bubble wand into the bubble bottle and holding the bubble wand out the window. No heavy breathing necessary!

-You often use your own breath to blow bubbles, therefore, if your breath is tinted with smoke, you can fill a bubble with smoke! Although this usually implies the use of an illegal or harmful substance, it is still rather beautiful! When you pop the bubble, the smoke floats in the air for a bit before dispersing. Honestly, it reminds me a bit of an octopus fart. If octopus farts were visible and air born, they would look like popped smoke bubbles. 

-When you blow bubbles from great heights, they float up! I have blown bubbles out of my dorm window, which is on the 9th and top floor of the dormitory. This phenomena could have something to do with the way the wind hits the building, or maybe bubbles, which are so happy to be so high in the air, decide to stay awhile and enjoy the scenery. 

Bubbles are cheap, make things sticky and make me happy. Maybe they will, or already do, make you happy, too. If you discover any new bubble facts, please, let us know!

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WATER

Stressed? Drink some water. Depressed? Drink some water. Fatigued? Drink some water- and get more sleep. Depending on your emotional state, certain toxins are released into your bloodstream. Harmful toxins are often released while in a negative mood or following an especially harrowing situation. One of the simplest ways to combat these toxins and, in turn, improving your mental and emotional well being, is to drink water. By drinking a good amount of water, your body is more capable of flushing out these toxins. Water will, literally, wash away your worries. I was first introduced to this idea while I was taking a self-defense class. Every weekend I was faced by a man who was trained to play out situations of sexual assault. I was pushed, pinned and cursed at and, even though this was a staged situation, it was incredibly terrifying. Nearly everyone who attended this class burst into tears at one point and would find themselves having nightmares involving rape. Our teachers encouraged drinking water to help our body deal with the stressful situation and emotions we were experiencing. It seems silly that water, something so readily at hand and taken for granted, could possibly solve your problems. But then again, humans often take for granted the power of nature, even thinking they are above it. But that's a whole different story. Moral of the story: drink more water and you will feel better, emotionally, mentally and physically. 

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"Why shouldn't one feel an immense, tender ecstasy of love for the spring, or for all humanity? And on can befriend the winter, too, or a town or a country."

"I stood on the little bridge and looked across the water; I melted into the landscape and offered all my tenderness up to the sky and the stars and the water and to the little bridge. And that was the best moment of the day. And I felt this was the only way of transforming all of the many deep and tender feelings one carries for another into deeds: to entrust them to nature, to let them stream out under the open spring sky, and to realize that there is no other way of letting them go."

"It is possible to suffer with dignity and without. I mean: most of us in the West don't understand the art of suffering and experience a thousand fears instead. We cease to be alive, being full of fear, bitterness, hatred, and despair. God know, it's only too easy to understand why."

"This morning, while I stood at the tub with a colleague, I said with great emotion something like this: "The realms of the soul and spirit are so spacious and unending that this little bit of physical discomfort and suffering really doesn't matter all that much. I do not feel that I have been robbed of my freedom; essentially no one can do me any harm at all. Yes, children, that's how it is, I am in a strange state of mournful contentment."