Salt Flats

So for Thanksgiving I went to the Bonneville Salt Flats. It was beautiful. Here are some pictures.

Salt as far as the eye can see. This stuff is really hard too. Walking on it doesn't leave a footprint.

Here I stopped on the side of the road to look at the lake. I didn't realize I would pass it by on my way to the flats. The rocks were covered in salt, there was just a filmy white layer of salt all around them. It was pretty. My dad asked if it smelled, but surprisingly it didn't.

Here you can see the encrusted salt a bit better. It fell right off if you banged the rock.

Have a great week!

People

Something I've been thinking about lately is how I tend to value people based on who they know or who they're friends with. I have realized how stupid it is. Just because someone has clicked or not clicked with certain people does not make them any better or worse. Just because 400 people wish them a happy birthday on Facebook doesn't mean they're cool or even nice. They could be terribly unpleasant, and just have lots of charisma. I don't care if you have truckloads of charisma, if you are selfish and mean I don't want to be around you. If you have 4000 friends I still won't want to be around you. Yet it seems some of the most manipulative (in a bad way) people have the most influence and friends, etc., just because they are annoyingly outgoing, have charisma to know how to get people to initially like them, and all the crap that goes along with that. And then there are the few who don't have many friends because they don't have that charisma, but they're smart and they are pure-hearted. They are kind, they care, they just don't need the attention and don't try to bring it to themselves. And yet I still think, oh this person must be cool because they're friends with so-and-so, or they aren't because they aren't friends with so-and-so.
That's pretty dumb.
I can't judge someone because they have a lot of friends or are friends with certain people. I know crappy people who fit into both of those categories. So how do I find out if someone is amazing? I guess I'll just have to get to know them myself. I don't believe any of the crap people tell me anymore.

Vulnerability

I have seen this video several times in the past few years since it came out, but I watched it again today and it was so powerful and applicable to my own life. It was a good reminder to me of what I can do to achieve the level of connection I want with others; be vulnerable. Let go of control. Allow myself to be seen, etc. I pass this along to give anyone else a reminder of these things too. The way we will build a good society, as she says, is realizing we are all imperfect, but deserving of love anyway. So much more can be achieved when we really believe we and those around us are good enough, instead of shaming each other and manipulating each other with fear. Enjoy!

http://youtu.be/iCvmsMzlF7o