This is the Spiderman watermelon I made for my nephew’s birthday lunch.

I am such a good uncle.

Originary I wrote this post as a simple list of my top 10 favorite quotes. But I decided to turn it into a top 10 of my favorite everything. If you like and understand these treasures, there is a good chance that we see the world in a similar way. Here we go:

Quotes

1. A man can do all things if he will. (Leon Battista Alberti)

2. Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. (Ambrose Redmoon)

3. Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not, nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not, unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not, the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘press on’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. (Calvin Coolidge)

4. You will not do incredible things without an incredible dream. (John Eliot)

5. The best way to predict your future is to create it. (Peter Drucker)

6. Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. (Thomas Jefferson)

7. If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much. (Jim Rohn)

8. The lips of wisdom are closed, except to the ears of understanding. (The Kybalion)

9. Angels can fly because they take themselves so lightly. (G.K. Chesterton)

10. The major difference between the big shot and the little shot is the big shot is just a little shot who kept on shooting. (Zig Ziglar)

Books

1. The Kybalion (Hermes Trismegistus)

2. How I found freedom in an unfree world (Harry Browne)

3. A new Earth (Eckhart Tolle)

4. Dhammapada (Buddha)

5. Power vs Force (David Hawkins)

6. The real story of money, health and religion (Loren Howe)

7. The power of now (Eckhart Tolle)

8. The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)

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Movies

1. The matrix

2. The peaceful warrior

3. Mamma mia

4. Mrs Doubtfire

5. The neverending story

6. The goonies

7. Zeitgeist

8. Death becomes her

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One of the things I want to be is sparkling.

But the fact is that depression, bore, fear and “normality” are so common and so widely promoted from the media, that sometimes it’s difficult to remind how to be sparkling. So I just created a folder on my computer called “the sparkle” and I will gradually fill it with media of all type. I think it’s a good idea to have a memo to consult frequently, to remind what the sparkle is by examples!

This is a video I made in la Boqueria. As a passionate about food and nutrition, it’s no surprise that it’s my favorite place in Barcelona. Very, very interesting. I like the enormous amount and variety of fresh fruit (healthy), the unusual things you can find (I bought a water coconut last week, the conic shaped one), but I am truly horrified by the butchers (there are some who sell animal heads -with eyes-) and feel sorry for all those poor crabs and lobsters who are left alive on the tables.

old videos – da caricare

The day was ma-gni-fi-cent today in the countryside. This is a borage flower I cought with my camera. Making photos is funny and easy!