DAILY PHOTO: Cartagena in Yellow
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PROMPT: Know
What’s one thing you know now that would have saved your younger self a lot of pain?
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I believe the distinction between knowledge and wisdom is that one merely needs to be able to understand knowledge, but one must be able to live wisdom. For example, one can teach a five-year-old Jesus’ lesson about turning the other cheek, and they may understand every word but still be struggling to live it sixty years later.
My point is that I’m doubtful that knowing anything would have saved me pain because I would have had to live it, and that takes time, experience, and struggle.
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DAILY PHOTO: Gabriel García Márquez Park, Bogota
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PROMPT: Weirdest Movie
What’s the weirdest movie you’ve ever watched?
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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. It’s the only movie I ever both paid to see in the theater and walked out on. So, it might be a stretch to say I “watched it” because I don’t think I saw more than half.
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DAILY PHOTO: Reservoir from El Peñón de Guatapé
PROMPT: While Traveling
What’s the best way to meet new people while traveling?
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Don’t travel in a big tour group or cruise. As a single or a couple, one can’t help but interact with locals. Stay where nationals of that country stay; eat where they eat.
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DAILY PHOTO: City Wall, Cartagena
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PROMPT: Aliens
If aliens arrived tomorrow, what’s the first thing you’d ask them?
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Do you speak English? 你会说普通话吗？¿Hablas español?
Alternatively, do you have a spare Babel Fish?
Anything else seems pretentious. I certainly don’t speak Alpha Centaurian.
