1. Ever heard of Na Pali? Me neither. It’s part of the coast of Kauai in Hawaii. According to the state park website, the “pali” are cliffs that run along the coastline. Breathtaking to say the least.
2. This Twitter thread about Bulgarian soccer is a terrific look at what soccer means to communities. And you get to look at Bulgaria, a place that you probably hardly ever think about.
🧵 So, I’ve been reporting on lower-league Bulgarian football, mostly played in villages and little towns, for about a year now.
🇧🇬 Here are some pictures and stories about small communities who love this game more than anything. pic.twitter.com/qoKdipG4Xy
— Peter Georgiev (@GeorgievPeter) May 18, 2021
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3. I can’t say that I was a huge Charles Grodin fan, but knew that he was really talented and funny. I had no idea that he wrote this first person account of his one-night affair with Miss Piggy. The writing is terrific.
4. From Outside Online’s Brendan Leonard, a pictorial on the type of people that run laps in parking lots in order to have a round number of miles is: a) “That’s the dumbest fucking thing ever”; b) “oh, I do that too”; c) (both of the above). I do this all of the time and relate to Leonard on a handful of levels.
5. This is one of my favorite websites, Cool Tools, and the owner of the site oftentimes gives unsolicited advice and here are 99 bits of unsolicited advice:
• Assume anyone asking for your account information for any reason is guilty of scamming you, unless proven innocent. The way to prove innocence is to call them back, or login to your account using numbers or a website that you provide, not them. Don’t release any identifying information while they are contacting you via phone, message or email. You must control the channel.
• Sustained outrage makes you stupid.
• Be strict with yourself and forgiving of others. The reverse is hell for everyone.
• Your best response to an insult is “You’re probably right.” Often they are.
• The worst evils in history have always been committed by those who truly believed they were combating evil. Beware of combating evil.
• If you can avoid seeking approval of others, your power is limitless.
• When a child asks an endless string of “why?” questions, the smartest reply is, “I don’t know, what do you think?”
• To be wealthy, accumulate all those things that money can’t buy.
• Be the change you wish to see.
• When brainstorming, improvising, jamming with others, you’ll go much further and deeper if you build upon each contribution with a playful “yes — and” example instead of a deflating “no — but” reply.
• Work to become, not to acquire.
• Don’t loan money to a friend unless you are ready to make it a gift.
• On the way to a grand goal, celebrate the smallest victories as if each one were the final goal. No matter where it ends you are victorious.
• Calm is contagious.
• Even a foolish person can still be right about most things. Most conventional wisdom is true.
• Always cut away from yourself.
• Show me your calendar and I will tell you your priorities. Tell me who your friends are, and I’ll tell you where you’re going.
• When hitchhiking, look like the person you want to pick you up.
• Contemplating the weaknesses of others is easy; contemplating the weaknesses in yourself is hard, but it pays a much higher reward.
• Worth repeating: measure twice, cut once.
• Your passion in life should fit you exactly; but your purpose in life should exceed you. Work for something much larger than yourself.
• If you can’t tell what you desperately need, it’s probably sleep.
• When playing Monopoly, spend all you have to buy, barter, or trade for the Orange properties. Don’t bother with Utilities.
• If you borrow something, try to return it in better shape than you received it. Clean it, sharpen it, fill it up.
• Even in the tropics it gets colder at night than you think. Pack warmly.
• To quiet a crowd or a drunk, just whisper.
• Writing down one thing you are grateful for each day is the cheapest possible therapy ever.
• When someone tells you something is wrong, they’re usually right. When someone tells you how to fix it, they’re usually wrong.
• If you think you saw a mouse, you did. And, if there is one, there are more.
• Money is overrated. Truly new things rarely need an abundance of money. If that was so, billionaires would have a monopoly on inventing new things, and they don’t. Instead almost all breakthroughs are made by those who lack money, because they are forced to rely on their passion, persistence and ingenuity to figure out new ways. Being poor is an advantage in innovation.
• Ignore what others may be thinking of you, because they aren’t.
• Avoid hitting the snooze button. That’s just training you to oversleep.
• Always say less than necessary.
• You are given the gift of life in order to discover what your gift *in* life is. You will complete your mission when you figure out what your mission is. This is not a paradox. This is the way.
• Don’t treat people as bad as they are. Treat them as good as you are.
Seek The Substantial 
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