August 14, 2021 Here's a question: What quote or piece of writing never fails to inspire you? There are so many that come to mind, but one of my favorites is the prose poem "Desdirata," by Max Ehrmann. Part life advice, part cosmic encouragement, there's something in there for everyone, no matter what season of life you're facing. It's fairly long, but even the opening lines go straight to your soul. "Go placidly amid the noise and the haste," it begins, "And remember what peace there may be in silence."
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Courtesy Aiden White/Rubenstein Public Relations Dreaming in color Sponsored Content by CuriosityStream Get Smarter With Thousands Of Curiosity Stream Movies & Shows Curiosity Stream is an on-demand streaming service. With award-winning movies & shows about History, Food, Technology, and more, there is always something new to learn. Use code CNNGoodStuff for 25% off annual plans. You gotta see this DigitalGlobe/Penguin Random House Quick -- what are we looking at here? An abstract painting? A very modern quilt? This is actually a bird's-eye view of tulip fields in Lisse, Netherlands. In 2013, a man named Benjamin Grant stumbled upon a series of stunning satellite images while preparing a presentation for his space club. A few years later, he published more than 200 of them in a book called "Overview: A New Perspective of Earth." It is incredibly cool to try and guess what the images are with just a glance. From above, the Golden Gate Bridge is a thin line bisecting a field of blue. Mont Saint-Michel, off the coast of France, is a subtle protuberance under a patchwork of green. And the tulip fields, well, they're glorious. "The people who are planting those tulips ... are just kind of going about their business and making sure those flowers are as beautiful as possible and bloom as well as possible," Grant says. "That is going on, but at the same time that creates this unbelievable tapestry of color and control and design from above and it's just magnificent." Heroes among us In a matter of years, Ava Kaufman went from being a professional dancer and black belt in taekwondo to fighting for her life in an ICU as an undiagnosed autoimmune disease ravaged her organs. Thanks to a heart transplant in 2009, Kaufman got her life back, and she vowed to help others going through the same difficult, lifesaving process. After volunteering in Los Angeles hospitals and mentoring other transplant patients, Kaufman started the non-profit, Ava's Heart. She and her organization offer transplant patients services that are often not covered by insurance, including food, gas, co-pays on medications, and housing. That also includes two housing locations that can accomodate up to five transplant patients and their families at a time, at no cost, after their surgery. As Kaufman knows, being close to a transplant hospital is critical for the several months of aftercare needed from such a big procedure. Wanna get away? The CNN Travel article this image is from is title "11 remote mountain huts to escape from it all," and truly, no headline has ever spoken to me more. The things I would do to be in this Luxmore hut in Fiordland National Park, overlooking New Zealand's Kepler Mountains and Lake Te Anau. The morning coffee situation here, blanketed in clouds, must be stunning. It says the hut bunks 54, but let's be honest, this is an experience built for one. Oh, okay, maybe a few. The family can come along. Who knew? What is it like to work in an observatory on top of Mount Washington in New Hampshire? Cold, to say the least. As in, 50-degrees-below-zero cold. It's blustery, too, with 120 mph gusts that can pin a person to the wall. Then there's the flying ice chunks and giant cracks in the earth that threaten to swallow a person whole. The peak is known for such chaotic weather. At 6,288 feet in elevation, it's in the middle of a lot of low pressure systems, which combine with the surrounding mountain range's v-shaped geography to create a potpourri of weird weather phenomena. Its records include the fastest wind speed recorded outside of a cyclone: 231 miles per hour. And during the winters, it's a regular contender with Antarctica for the coldest place on Earth. Given Mount Washington's extreme conditions and prominent elevation, it serves as an important observation point for scientists trying to address climate change and better understand our complex world Rec of the week
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