This is from one of the best pieces of long-form journalism I’ve ever read:
‘Like many billionaires, he didn’t have a decent explanation for his fortune. Because he hadn’t done it with Daddy’s money or what he considered a superior brain, he attributed his wealth to luck and to a simple lesson he had learned early in life. He was 13 and standing inside the Rutgers Pharmacy on the first day of his first job. The boss showed him a storeroom filled with chemicals tossed here and there and told him to bring order to the mess. He didn’t know where to begin. He studied the situation. The stacks of bottles gave him no answer. The boss came back in, saw his do-nothing, and said only three words: “Just get started.” He began to move, and the job went quickly after that. Digging in was its own wisdom, he discovered. Order finds itself through action. Just get started became one of his guiding principles.' —Mark Arax, A Kingdom from Dust.
I love that you 'did the thing' Jeff - apparently even Dua Lipa likes the thing you did (you played drums on this track??!!) ... I also love that our lives can be enriched by stories and that stories can go in many directions and still teach us something about ourselves. Thank you for sharing your stories Jeff - they are sometimes weird and sometimes concerning but they always make me think and smile, which is no bad thing.
I really enjoyed the story. Thank you for writing. I felt like I’d slipped into a parallel universe in the last one especially as it was first thing. I liked that though. Didn’t know what was real for little fish. Need to read it again in a more conscious state of mind. I really enjoy your emails and look forward to Monday’s when I get them again :) Thank you x
I hope that universe stays parallel. If their time stream ever crosses ours, we are in a world of trouble. Fun fact: Little Silver Fish lives in the same universe as The Misprints (https://themisprints.com)
This story of perseverance from Humans of New York made me cry more than once: https://www.facebook.com/humansofnewyork/posts/5628303067243747
This is from one of the best pieces of long-form journalism I’ve ever read:
‘Like many billionaires, he didn’t have a decent explanation for his fortune. Because he hadn’t done it with Daddy’s money or what he considered a superior brain, he attributed his wealth to luck and to a simple lesson he had learned early in life. He was 13 and standing inside the Rutgers Pharmacy on the first day of his first job. The boss showed him a storeroom filled with chemicals tossed here and there and told him to bring order to the mess. He didn’t know where to begin. He studied the situation. The stacks of bottles gave him no answer. The boss came back in, saw his do-nothing, and said only three words: “Just get started.” He began to move, and the job went quickly after that. Digging in was its own wisdom, he discovered. Order finds itself through action. Just get started became one of his guiding principles.' —Mark Arax, A Kingdom from Dust.
https://story.californiasunday.com/resnick-a-kingdom-from-dust
I love that you 'did the thing' Jeff - apparently even Dua Lipa likes the thing you did (you played drums on this track??!!) ... I also love that our lives can be enriched by stories and that stories can go in many directions and still teach us something about ourselves. Thank you for sharing your stories Jeff - they are sometimes weird and sometimes concerning but they always make me think and smile, which is no bad thing.
Thanks, Phil. My new bio is: Jeff writes stories that are ’sometimes concerning’.
I really enjoyed the story. Thank you for writing. I felt like I’d slipped into a parallel universe in the last one especially as it was first thing. I liked that though. Didn’t know what was real for little fish. Need to read it again in a more conscious state of mind. I really enjoy your emails and look forward to Monday’s when I get them again :) Thank you x
I hope that universe stays parallel. If their time stream ever crosses ours, we are in a world of trouble. Fun fact: Little Silver Fish lives in the same universe as The Misprints (https://themisprints.com)
I’ve not seen these for ages! That is one strange universe. Thanks for the link, I did enjoy these :)