tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414689.post-10147693136520578362009-05-19T13:00:00.003-04:002009-05-19T13:30:45.470-04:00<div style="width:350px;padding:10px;filter:shadow(color:gray);"><div style="width:330px;text-align:left;padding:10px;background-color:#F5F5EF;border: 1px solid black;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size:20px;">YOU ARE BRILLIANT, AND THE EARTH IS HIRING</span><br /><br />Basically, the earth needs a new operating system, you are the programmers, and we need it within a few decades.<br /><br />This planet came with a set of operating instructions, but we seem to have misplaced them. Important rules like don’t poison the water, soil, or air, and don’t let the earth get overcrowded, and don’t touch the thermostat have been broken. Buckminster Fuller said that spaceship earth was so ingeniously designed that no one has a clue that we are on one, flying through the universe at a million miles per hour, with no need for seatbelts, lots of room in coach, and really good food, but all that is changing.<br /><br />There is invisible writing on the back of the diploma you will receive, and in case you didn’t bring lemon juice to decode it, I can tell you what it says: YOU ARE BRILLIANT, AND THE EARTH IS HIRING. <br /><br />Read more from the <a href="http://goodlifezen.com/category/daily-life/">Commencement Address to the Class of 2009 | University of Portland</a><br /></div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3414689-1014769313652057836?l=www.easybakecoven.net'/></div>Sudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083310421645018042susancook@gmail.com1