1. Push the Envelope, Watch it Bend.
Throughout my life, people have always told me to stop “pushing the envelope” or testing my limits. I say do push the envelope and by all means test your limits. Because once you do you’ll find that envelope of limitation surrounding you, and your perception of things will begin to expand exponentially.
2. What it means to create something exceptional.
Whatever your passion is, whether it be music, art, photography… knitting, etc. Make it exceptional. People seem to forget that no one is going to care about what your doing unless its something that they haven’t quite experienced before. Who wants to listen to bands that just play a shittier version of other band’s style of music? If you want to make good music, find your own way of writing and producing music, develop a unique sound, and put something out there that people haven’t heard before! Here’s a good article about creating exceptional alternative music and breaking the mold while still managing to rock your audience socks off!
3. Yoga, Meditation, and Exercise.
Yoga and Meditation are incredible ways of finding the solutions to life’s problems, and forming a path to success. It’s my way of organizing my thoughts and goals on a day to day basis, all the while becoming more physically and mentally fit.
4. Achievement Requires Hard Work.
Success does not come easily. Most successful people probably failed 100 times before they finally found a way to succeed. If you put in enough effort and keep trying, you will eventually stumble upon your path to success.
5. I think we might be close to discovering how we were created…
Jeremy England, they are calling him the new Darwin. He believes that under the right conditions, a random group of atoms will self-organize, unbidden, to more effectively use energy. Over time and with just the right amount of, say, sunlight, a cluster of atoms could come remarkably close to what we call life. This is an extremely big theory that can potentially set off a major leap in what we know and understand about the creation of life. You can learn more about Jeremy and his theory by following this Link.
6. Solar Sailing… Riding the Lightening.
There is a new type of space craft that actually sails on sunlight floating above earth right now. In the past, space ships have only been able to travel so far because they rely on thrusters to propel them through space, which limits the distance we are able to travel because eventually the thrusters are going to run out of fuel. Well now we this new solar mirroring technology that allows moving particles of light, known as photons, to push a spacecraft through the vast emptiness of outer space! Learn more about this Here.
7. Embrace the Random.
Too many people confuse happiness with comfortable-ness. Discovering your true potential requires you to constantly step outside your comfort zone and always be trying something new. There are so many amazing things to be experienced on this earth that I can’t fathom a good reason not to try something new every chance you get! Trying new things is the key to broadening the way you think about things and the expansion of consciousness.
Ride the Spiral to the end, and you may just go where no one’s been…
BIO:
Local musician, bartender, and student Cy Fontenot can usually be found serving delicious food and well priced drinks at La Carreta downtown, jamming with Freetown musicians or socializing at bars like Artmosphere, Blue Moon, Legends, or Greenroom. He’s a friend to all and knows how to treat a lady… If you like the way Cy thinks about things you may also like his music which can be found on his SoundCloud!
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