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December 2012

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“As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth. Today, I know, this is “AUTHENTICITY”. As I began to love myself I understood how much it can offend somebody As I try to force my desires on this person, even though I knew the time was not right and the person was not ready for it, and even though this person was me. Today I call it “RESPECT”.

As I began to love myself I stopped craving for a different life, and I could see that everything that surrounded me was inviting me to grow. Today I call it “MATURITY”.

As I began to love myself I understood that at any circumstance, I am in the right place at the right time, and everything happens at the exactly right moment. So I could be calm. Today I call it “SELF-CONFIDENCE”.

As I began to love myself I quit stealing my own time, and I stopped designing huge projects for the future. Today, I only do what brings me joy and happiness, things I love to do and that make my heart cheer, and I do them in my own way and in my own rhythm. Today I call it “SIMPLICITY”.

As I began to love myself I freed myself of anything that is no good for my health - food, people, things, situations, and everything the drew me down and away from myself. At first I called this attitude a healthy egoism. Today I know it is “LOVE OF ONESELF”.

As I began to love myself I quit trying to always be right, and ever since I was wrong less of the time. Today I discovered that is “MODESTY”.

As I began to love myself I refused to go on living in the past and worry about the future. Now, I only live for the moment, where everything is happening. Today I live each day, day by day, and I call it “FULFILLMENT”.

As I began to love myself I recognized that my mind can disturb me and it can make me sick. But as I connected it to my heart, my mind became a valuable ally. Today I call this connection “WISDOM OF THE HEART”.

We no longer need to fear arguments, confrontations or any kind of problems with ourselves or others. Even stars collide, and out of their crashing new worlds are born. Today I know “THAT IS LIFE”!” —
Charlie Chaplin on his 70th birthday on April 16, 1959

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Dec 19, 2012
Dec 19, 2012
Dec 10, 2012286 notes

November 2012

1 post

Flomblr: A Message from Our Dean to Students → aviflombaum.tumblr.com

aviflombaum:

I delivered this speech to students to mark the 1/3rd way through the Flatiron School journey.

Now more than ever in your life your future can be of your choosing.

If you seek out challenges, you will find them to be opportunities.

If you confront your fears, you will conquer them and gain…

<3

Nov 5, 20122 notes
#flatironschool #ruby #coding

October 2012

1 post

Oct 24, 201290 notes
#humor

August 2012

3 posts

“Poetry goes back to the invention of language itself. I think one of the big differences between poetry and prose is that prose is about something, it’s got a subject… poetry is about what can’t be said. Why do people turn to poetry when all of a sudden the Twin Towers get hit, or when their marriage breaks up, or when the person they love most in the world drops dead in the same room? Because they can’t say it. They can’t say it at all, and they want something that addresses what can’t be said.” —Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner W. S. Merwin. Complement with How to Read a Poem. (via explore-blog)
Aug 28, 2012223 notes
#poetry #life
Aug 28, 201224 notes
#raw #food #love #submission

Programming is a perfect blend of artistic expression and engineering ingenuity of 21st century. And I want to be a part of it.

Please, pick me!

http://flatironschool.com/#home

Aug 10, 2012
#Flatiron #coding #flatiron school #teach me to code

June 2012

2 posts

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Jun 7, 201282 notes
#venus #video #life #poetry
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Jun 7, 201275 notes

April 2012

5 posts

“your vantage point is skewed. You come from a place where opportunities are fewer and further between and thus, can’t be missed without grave consequences. Couple that with your “newness” to the market and it makes this opportunity seem a lot more precious than it was.”

And that’s how I came to peace with losing what I thought was my dream job…

Things I’m grateful for:

1. My awesome friend Tracey!

Apr 23, 2012
#jobloss #friendship
Apr 9, 2012538 notes
For the LOVE of books

For the LOVE of book, I write to you.

There is no doubt everyone should have fun reading, but books have become source in inspiration for many artists.

The amount of work that went into creating these videos is paved by burnt day light and sleepless nights, as well as cups of coffee, huge number of paper cuts and spongebob band aids. And for that we thank you.

P.S. It took me a while to figure out how to fit both videos in one post :P But already too many people marked the other posts. I don’t want to spoil it for them. SPREADING THE LOVE

Apr 6, 2012
#books #video #reading #sean ohlenkamp
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Apr 6, 20123 notes
#books #love #organizing #video
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Apr 6, 20127 notes
#books #reading #passion #love #video #The Joy of Books

March 2012

5 posts

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Mar 19, 2012104 notes
#ted #happin #Brene Brown
Mar 16, 2012536 notes
“Patience (or forbearing) is the state of endurance under difficult circumstances, which can mean persevering in the face of delay or provocation without acting on annoyance/anger in a negative way; or exhibiting forbearance when under strain, especially when faced with longer-term difficulties. Patience is the level of endurance one can take before negativity.” —

Learning life on Wikipedia. LOVE!

http://bit.ly/Xdi6F

Mar 14, 2012
#patience #life #philosophy
Mar 7, 2012212 notes
#urbanism #keep calm #modern art #urban
Mar 7, 20121,407 notes
#DIY #grow #mushrooms #uncommongoods.com
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