61. Oh The World Is A Beautiful Place
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It’s Sunday, again.
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1. A Poem
The World Is A Beautiful Place — Lawrence Ferlinghetti
The world is a beautiful place
to be born into
if you don't mind happiness
not always being
so very much fun
if you don't mind a touch of hell
now and then
just when everything is fine
because even in heaven
they don't sing
all the time
The world is a beautiful place
to be born into
if you don't mind some people dying
all the time
or maybe only starving
some of the time
which isn't half bad
if it isn't you
Oh the world is a beautiful place
to be born into
if you don't much mind
a few dead minds
in the higher places
or a bomb or two
now and then
in your upturned faces
or such other improprieties
as our Name Brand society
is prey to
with its men of distinction
and its men of extinction
and its priests
and other patrolmen
and its various segregations
and congressional investigations
and other constipations
that our fool flesh
is heir to
Yes the world is the best place of all
for a lot of such things as
making the fun scene
and making the love scene
and making the sad scene
and singing low songs and having inspirations
and walking around
looking at everything
and smelling flowers
and goosing statues
and even thinking
and kissing people and
making babies and wearing pants
and waving hats and
dancing
and going swimming in rivers
on picnics
in the middle of the summer
and just generally
'living it up'
Yes
but then right in the middle of it
comes the smiling
mortician
Listen to him read the poem here.
2. Digital Detox
Do you need to foster a healthier relationship with technology?
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digital detox [noun]
[dij-i-tl dee-toks] - noun informal
a period of time when you stop using your digital devices to help relieve the stress caused by your constant screen time & endless scrolling.
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Check out Unplugged - just outside London, lock your phone away in nature for a 3-day digital detox at an Unplugged cabin.
Co-founder Hector Hughes writes a wonderful weekly newsletter that I look forward to every Sunday, you can subscribe here.
3. To Smoothie or not To Smoothie
I have never been this excited for a kitchen appliance IN MY LIFE.
Behold, The Beast.
4. Indistinguishable from magic
A new favourite instagram account to follow.
5. A quote
“The cure for pain is in the pain.”
— Rumi
See you next Sunday.
Thank youuu Nicole!!