This Moment

Where are you?

No, really: Where are you?

And how's the water?

"It's about the real value of a real education which has (almost) nothing to do with knowledge and everything to do with simple awareness...hidden in plain sight"

-David Foster Wallace to the 2005 graduating class of Kenyon College

 About the video:

In 2005, author David Foster Wallace was asked to give the commencement address to the 2005 graduating class of Kenyon College. However, the resulting speech didn't become widely known until 3 years later, after his tragic death. It is, without a doubt, some of the best life advice we've ever come across, and perhaps the most simple and elegant explanation of the real value of education.

We made this video, built around an abridged version of the original audio recording, with the hopes that the core message of the speech could reach a wider audience who might not have otherwise been interested. However, we encourage everyone to seek out the full speech (because, in this case, the book is definitely better than the movie).

You'd be amazed at how much you notice when you pay attention; and how much is missed, when you don't.

A Zen student asked his roshi the most important element of Zen. 

The roshi replied, "Attention."

"Yes, thank you," the student replied.  "But can you tell me the second most important element?"  And the roshi replied, "Attention."
-Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman, Pg 91

Real living is never routine.  There is always something new if you are paying attention.  There are no ordinary moments.

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. 

- Marcel Proust

Ending to the movie, Way of the Peaceful Warrior:

Socrates:  "Where are you, Dan?"

Dan:  "Here."

Socrates:  "What time is it?"
Dan:  "Now."

Socrates:  "What are you?"

Dan:  "This moment."