RDP Wednesday: Syrup

No syrup here unfortunately, just the raw product – sugar beet. It grows here and is collected and taken to the place where it is converted to the …

RDP Wednesday: Syrup

इच्छाएं / Desires

इच्छाएं जब तक रहती सीमाओं में, व्यक्तिगत तभी तक रह पाती हैं… सीमाओं के बाहर जाते ही वे  व्यक्तिगत से कानूनी बन जाती हैं…  🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷 Desires remain…

इच्छाएं / Desires

The Earliest ‘Selfies‘: 22 Amazing Self-Portraits Taken From the 19th Century ~ Vintage Everyday

The first known selfie was created when American photography pioneer Robert Cornelius created a daguerreotype of himself way back at the dawn of photography in 1839.
Self-Portrait in the Garden, about 1845–1849, Hippolyte Bayard.
Unknown woman with her Kodet camera, ca. 1880s.

Source: The Earliest ‘Selfies‘: 22 Amazing Self-Portraits Taken From the 19th Century ~ Vintage Everyday

Marshallese worries span decades — first nuclear tests, now sea-level rise

  • The Marshall Islands were the site of numerous U.S. nuclear tests in the 1950s that displaced communities and altered their way of life.
  • Locals across the islands and atolls are now at risk of evacuation and losing more of their ties to the land if sea-level rise continues at its current rate.
  • For many Marshallese elders, their connection to the land is deeply rooted in their mind, body and soul: It is an integral part of their identity and culture.
  • Elders talk about their concerns for the future and explain their intimate connection to their land. 

Source: Marshallese worries span decades — first nuclear tests, now sea-level rise

Shelf Life | From Behind the Pen

Image Credit: Squirrel_photos

I sometimes wonder how ‘long’ items have been sitting on a grocery store shelf before they decide it’s time to put them on sale. So here’s the deal. I often purchase things like apple sauce and buy a few jars, especially when they are on sale. I am reluctant, however, to do that anymore if I am not planning on consuming it shortly after I buy it. Now, this non-perishable item shouldn’t spoil in the refrigerator after opening but about a little over a week later when I went to scoop out the last servings in the jar, I noticed it looked strange. The top was securely on, but the contents had darkened quite a bit. How could this be?

When I opened it up it did not have mold in it, but it just didn’t look right. So I checked the expiration date on the container, but there was none. Huh? What I saw on the label, written in a 0.1 font was, “Best results when used within 7 days after opening.” Okay, so this was around the 9th day after opening the jar, but how did I not notice this before? Could it be that I ate it quicker than I did this time? So, are they saying that after 7 days of opening the jar, I will get mediocre results? Uh, yeah. Or would what’s left in the jar morph into some science experiment? Hmmmm, quite possibly. But this got me thinking about myself and whether or not there is an expiration date on my purpose, talents, and gifts if I simply store them on the ‘shelf’ of no return.

I admit there are times, and sometimes many, when I begin projects I am passionate about and I somehow manage to keep these unfinished projects in my open pile of procrastination. As they say, “If you don’t use it, you’ll lose it.” But my apple sauce debacle made me think about completing anything that I feel is meaningful before I am unable to do anything at all to exude its usefulness and purpose.

I cannot allow my purpose to wane unpurposefully, especially when I know better and can do better! I refuse to take up shelf space when I must make room for others. I cannot allow my shelf life to expire when I don’t have to. Have you been shelving something that if you don’t do something with it soon, it may expire on you, becoming a wasted opportunity?

woman selecting packed food on gondola

Image Credit: Joshua Rawson-Harris

Source: Shelf Life | From Behind the Pen

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