Tumblr (3.0; @shelley)http://shelley.tumblr.com/“But most days, if you’re aware enough to give yourself a choice, you can choose to look differently at this fat, dead-eyed, over-made-up lady who just screamed at her kid in the checkout line. Maybe she’s not usually like this. Maybe she’s been up three straight nights holding the hand of a husband who is dying of bone cancer. Or maybe this very lady is the low-wage clerk at the motor vehicle department, who just yesterday helped your spouse resolve a horrific, infuriating, red-tape problem through some small act of bureaucratic kindness. Of course, none of this is likely, but it’s also not impossible. It just depends what you what to consider. If you’re automatically sure that you know what reality is, and you are operating on your default setting, then you, like me, probably won’t consider possibilities that aren’t annoying and miserable. But if you really learn how to pay attention, then you will know there are other options. It will actually be within your power to experience a crowded, hot, slow, consumer-hell type situation as not only meaningful, but sacred, on fire with the same force that made the stars: love, fellowship, the mystical oneness of all things deep down. Not that that mystical stuff is necessarily true. The only thing that’s capital-T True is that you get to decide how you’re gonna try to see it.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://boingboing.net/2013/05/22/empathy-explained-by-david-fos.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter">Empathy explained by David Foster Wallace - Boing Boing</a></em>http://shelley.tumblr.com/post/51125873764http://shelley.tumblr.com/post/51125873764Thu, 23 May 2013 05:01:14 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/428caef919797b6eb45d7ef88d76b893/tumblr_mkdgzqiaaB1qz4bbdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://www.sadanduseless.com/2013/03/old-people-wearing-vegetation/#rMjykZjkVbMgpzwY.01">Old People Wearing Vegetation</a>)</p>http://shelley.tumblr.com/post/46503251299http://shelley.tumblr.com/post/46503251299Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:19:02 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/124114aa77b03734d94dae7ef983bf50/tumblr_mh1gqtmAo71qz4bbdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://www.lauraleeburch.com/blog/2011/01/needle-felted-dogcat-tutorial/">Needle felted Dog/Cat Tutorial | Laura Lee Burch Blog</a>)</p>http://shelley.tumblr.com/post/41205896539http://shelley.tumblr.com/post/41205896539Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:01:40 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4898647ad9903e2bfa04a08a0d650787/tumblr_mg6lqxPsbV1qz4bbdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://shelley.tumblr.com/post/39795712959http://shelley.tumblr.com/post/39795712959Sun, 06 Jan 2013 02:04:09 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdjycfT2jo1qz4bbdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://shelley.tumblr.com/post/35802201089http://shelley.tumblr.com/post/35802201089Thu, 15 Nov 2012 23:24:13 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mddwjwXbZP1qz4bbdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>One of my favorite ornaments. BIG sparkly ball! (by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/heyshanny/4224087254/">heyshanny</a>)</p>http://shelley.tumblr.com/post/35569311254http://shelley.tumblr.com/post/35569311254Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:59:55 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9kn7ymjRz1qz4bbdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://shelley.tumblr.com/post/30520165011http://shelley.tumblr.com/post/30520165011Thu, 30 Aug 2012 15:07:10 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6y9193vQS1qz4bbdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>富有_richness (by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yeohgh/7526402052/in/photostream">yeoh gh</a>)</p>http://shelley.tumblr.com/post/26905200903http://shelley.tumblr.com/post/26905200903Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:46:21 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m27053I6Sv1qz4bbdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://shelley.tumblr.com/post/20758896321http://shelley.tumblr.com/post/20758896321Mon, 09 Apr 2012 04:24:39 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m15t675tg71qz4bbdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://boingboing.net/">Boing Boing</a>)</p>http://shelley.tumblr.com/post/19604039760http://shelley.tumblr.com/post/19604039760Tue, 20 Mar 2012 01:22:55 +0000“An old Chinese proverb says: My barn having burned to the ground, I can see the moon.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.freewillastrology.com/horoscopes/leo.html">Free Will Astrology : Leo Horoscope</a></em>http://shelley.tumblr.com/post/19110713251http://shelley.tumblr.com/post/19110713251Sun, 11 Mar 2012 09:04:00 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzmmmxiXCp1qz4bbdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/braidedbirdcircle/4416061112/">moon moustache</a>)</p>http://shelley.tumblr.com/post/17870204718http://shelley.tumblr.com/post/17870204718Sun, 19 Feb 2012 06:13:45 +0000<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hYBLoj-aLqI?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>SoLost - Wayne White goes Thrifting (by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYBLoj-aLqI">oxfordamerican</a>)</p>http://shelley.tumblr.com/post/17211242172http://shelley.tumblr.com/post/17211242172Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:33:31 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz08v0vE451qz4bbdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://ffffound.com/image/010cece06f006b24c976fddf480a5141da1c87d1">FFFFOUND! | 50 Unexplainable Black & White Photos: Pics, Videos, Links, News</a>)</p>http://shelley.tumblr.com/post/17194509292http://shelley.tumblr.com/post/17194509292Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:09:00 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwq1wkzQ2q1qz4bbdo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://shelley.tumblr.com/post/14731869336http://shelley.tumblr.com/post/14731869336Sat, 24 Dec 2011 18:55:32 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw9dtzCHNd1qz4bbdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/14/dining/store-bought-spoils-the-potluck-spirit.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all">‘Store Bought’ Spoils the Potluck Spirit - NYTimes.com</a>)</p>http://shelley.tumblr.com/post/14269827874http://shelley.tumblr.com/post/14269827874Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:53:59 +0000<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/po9TLyI-iUM?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>tune yards - Powa (by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po9TLyI-iUM">PlanetBjar</a>)</p>http://shelley.tumblr.com/post/14056677340http://shelley.tumblr.com/post/14056677340Sun, 11 Dec 2011 07:42:43 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvx5kvJu5H1qz4bbdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://shelley.tumblr.com/post/13955420482http://shelley.tumblr.com/post/13955420482Fri, 09 Dec 2011 04:24:31 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luq7yyrfZE1qz4bbdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/2057-rushmore-captured">Rushmore Captured - From the Current - The Criterion Collection</a>)</p>http://shelley.tumblr.com/post/12856405822http://shelley.tumblr.com/post/12856405822Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:59:22 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu58acdkQ51qz4bbdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://www.finelittleday.com/">Fine Little Day</a>)</p>http://shelley.tumblr.com/post/12328377542http://shelley.tumblr.com/post/12328377542Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:56:34 +0000