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From executive director Jon Foley’s letter to Academy staff. Full text: calacade.my/2emAhBQ. 

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Hang onto your heart—it’s a top-down view of pea-sized dwarf cuttlefish hatchlings, bred in-house by our biologists 🙌

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Wisdom from the Dalai Lama

1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

 2. When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.

 3. Follow the three R’s:      Respect for self      Respect for others and      Responsibility for all your actions.

 4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a      wonderful stroke of luck.

 5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.

 6. Don’t let a little dispute injure a great friendship.

 7. When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate      steps to correct it.

 8. Spend some time alone every day.

 9. Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.

10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think      back, you’ll be able to enjoy it a second time.

12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your     life.

13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current      situation. Don’t bring  up the past.

14. Share your knowledge. It’s a way to achieve immortality.

15. Be gentle with the earth.

16. Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.

17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love     for each other exceeds  your need for each other.

18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get     it.

19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.

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Another reason why Rupi Kaur’s Milk and Honey captivated me is her pieces about father-daughter relationships.

These two, in particular, hit home. Hard.

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December sakura

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“What is stronger than the human heart which shatters over and over and still lives”

- Rupi Kaur, from Milk and Honey

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And remember, the world is possibility if only you’ll discover it.

Ralph Ellison, “Invisible Man” (via misswallflower)

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Shuksan Stars ➾ Jayme Gordon

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Adventure Awaits by Nicebleed

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Face timing with baes 💜💜💜💜💜 and katniss everdeen (at Audubon Zoo)

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I love nature strolls and arachnid friends like this crab-like spiny orb weaver! (at Jean Lafitte Swamp National Park)

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Altai violets under the night sky. In the background is white Belukha. Russia, the Republic of Altai, Katun ridge, June 2014. Russia, Altai Republic, Katunsky range, june 2014 by Ermolitskii AlexanderMountain