A place for my alternate content.Tumblr (3.0; @stephenperkins)http://stephenperkins.tumblr.com/“If you don’t “get” avocados, it’s time for you to be pushed off a cliff of some kind, because you are wasting valuable oxygen that the rest of us could be using to more efficiently consume avocados. It’s like God looked at us and was like, “You want something that’s good for you and tastes like some magical form of nature-butter that I’ve improved in all capacities? Here you go!” Don’t deny avocados. Just don’t.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://thoughtcatalog.com/2013/6-foods-that-no-one-is-allowed-to-dislike/">6 Foods That No One Is Allowed To Dislike on Thought Catalog</a></em>http://stephenperkins.tumblr.com/post/51704673750http://stephenperkins.tumblr.com/post/51704673750Thu, 30 May 2013 00:21:30 -0500““To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.””<br/><br/> - <em>Ralph Waldo Emerson</em>http://stephenperkins.tumblr.com/post/49882585470http://stephenperkins.tumblr.com/post/49882585470Tue, 07 May 2013 16:56:51 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/52e73a554ffa80f398a3fc66ff2601c9/tumblr_mki9p6pjMn1r66xopo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I quote that my college-bound/career-bound friends REALLY need to take to heart.</p>http://stephenperkins.tumblr.com/post/46728793427http://stephenperkins.tumblr.com/post/46728793427Sat, 30 Mar 2013 22:29:30 -0500<p>There was a man who wanted to change the world, but he failed.</p> <p>He then tried to change his country, and he failed.</p> <p>He then tried to change his state, and he failed.</p> <p>He then tried to change his city, and he failed.</p> <p>He then tried to change his street, and he failed.</p> <p>He then tried to change his family, and he failed.</p> <p><strong>He then tried to change himself, and he succeeded.</strong></p> <p>Once he had changed himself, he tried changing his family, and he succeeded.</p> <p>He then tried to change to change his street, and he succeeded.</p> <p>He then tried to change his city, and he succeeded.</p> <p>He then tried to change his state, and he succeeded.</p> <p>He then tried to change his country, and he succeeded.</p> <p>Then, and only then, he was able to successfully change the world.</p> <blockquote> <p>&#8220;You must be the change you want to see in the world&#8221; - Mahatma Gandhi</p> </blockquote>http://stephenperkins.tumblr.com/post/44602379916http://stephenperkins.tumblr.com/post/44602379916Mon, 04 Mar 2013 23:37:40 -0600ChangeLife LessonsQuotes<p>An old Cherokee told his grandson, “My Son, there is a battle between two wolves inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, jealousy, greed, resentment, inferiority, lies and ego. The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, humility, kindness, empathy and truth.”</p> <p>The boy thought about it, and asked, “Grandfather, which wolf wins?”</p> <p>The old man quietly replied, “The one you feed.”</p>http://stephenperkins.tumblr.com/post/44601831079http://stephenperkins.tumblr.com/post/44601831079Mon, 04 Mar 2013 23:28:25 -0600Life LessonsPositivity