by Rupe | Aug 7, 2015 | Inspiration
We wear the mask that grins and lies,
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,
This debt we pay to human guile;
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,
And mouth with myriad subtleties.
Why should the world be over-wise,
In counting all our tears and sighs?
Nay, let them only see us, while
We wear the mask.
We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries
To thee from tortured souls arise.
We sing, but oh the clay is vile
Beneath our feet, and long the mile;
But let the world dream otherwise,
We wear the mask!
My Comments: Recently came across this poem alluded to in a post. It rings so true in so many ways in the lives of us all, especially brothers and sister of the darker hue. Dunbar’s poem travel through time today as in his time. How long will we have to bear the burden of such guile…how long?
by Rupe | Aug 7, 2015 | Mad Musings
“It’s unusual because you need a spacecraft that has gone beyond the moon to get a picture of the moon like this,” he said. “This was taken around one million miles from Earth. We don’t normally get that perspective.“Because of its mission, this spacecraft is in a sweet spot directly in the direction of the sunlit Earth, meaning it’s seeing a completely sunlit moon, too. You get a whole new perspective on the moon. It looks very different from the side we see from Earth.”
Source: Dark side of the moon captured by Nasa satellite 1 mil miles from Earth
My Comment: WoW!
by Rupe | Aug 6, 2015 | Mad Musings
Some of the most breathtaking views in the Universe are created by nebulae — hot, glowing clouds of gas. This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the center of the Lagoon Nebula, an object with a deceptively tranquil name, in the constellation of Sagittarius. The region is filled with intense winds from hot stars, churning funnels of gas, and energetic star formation, all embedded within an intricate haze of gas and pitch-dark dust.
Source: Stormy Seas in Sagittarius | NASA
My Comments: I am just awed by the magnificence of what the HST allows us to see in deep space.
by Rupe | Aug 6, 2015 | Mad Musings
Everyone has regrets, but what do people regret the most? Learn what they are and make sure not to allow them in your life.
Life is full of choices, and many of them come with uncertainty. We can never know what might have been if we had chosen differently.
No life will ever be completely clear of opportunity for regret. Failed relationships, missed opportunities, poor judgment calls. Some choices seem easy at the time and later turn out to have been poorly informed; others are difficult from the beginning.
But some regrets are more fundamental, greater in scope. They tend not to focus on a single moment or area, but how life is lived.
Here are a dozen potential regrets to make sure you’re keeping far away.
Source: 12 Things People Regret the Most Before They Die
My Comments: Pretty robust list!
by Rupe | Aug 6, 2015 | Health-Wellness-Sex
Experts untangle the relative risks and benefits of each activity.
At Vox, I sit next to health reporter Sarah Kliff, who trains for half-marathons and triathlons with a casualness most people reserve for grocery shopping. But in the year I’ve known Sarah, she’s suffered plantar fasciitis and a stress fracture. She’s hobbled around in running shoes for months because everything else hurt too much, and she’s currently sporting a big blue brace on her left leg to help cushion the tiny cracks in the bones of her foot brought on from too much wear and tear.
Source: Should you walk or run for exercise? Here’s what the science says.
My Comments: Pretty interesting read.
