Greetings all,
Last year I announced that I was going to fight the tide of negativity by posting postivie things. It should be fun and I hope to keep a weekly schedule.I love old things, which is why my recent trip to London was totally awesome, but for Americans this is old. They actually dug this newspaper from the 1700's up...and its totally readable. I wanted to read it! I went to Boston and visited the graves there...wonderfully creepy tombs that were above ground.
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Recently I read about Dolmen, which are really old above ground graves... or at least people think that's what they were. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolmen
"It remains unclear when, why, and by whom the earliest dolmens were made. The oldest known dolmens are in Western Europe, where they were set in place around 7000 years ago. Archaeologists still do not know who erected these dolmens, which makes it difficult to know why they did it. They are generally all regarded as tombs or burial chambers, despite the absence of clear evidence for this"
Dolmen in Ireland - Imagine this in your backyard!
HW isn't about just disconnected happines...butterflies and kittens..no, its about uncovering happiness from the sad, salvaging something from the muck and mudd of life. So on that note, I must mention one of my favorite announcer and his recent passing, Stuart Scott, the ESPN announcer and seemingly fine fellow. My HW from this is as follows: This poor man died at 49, and that is very very young. When I start complaining about growing older I'll remember this man and many, many others who weren't lucky enough to get another birthday here on earth. The message for me - be exceedingly grateful for every moment you get on earth, even if you believe there's going to be something after ( which I do :) )
That brings me to Jason Silva. I'm a fan, but man he really needs to read some C.S. Lewis ( probably has, but needs to read it again). Check out his video, which starts with the amazing quote below. Like most things with Silva, I love where he's coming from but we don't end up int eh same place pretty often. Nevertheless, respect !
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