Rob Bell
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That's a little scary. A whale is another category of experience. You're never like, oh, a whale. And I've now seen whales for a number of years and close. One time, Kristen and I were stand-up paddling, and a whale went under her, surfaced between us, and then went under me.
That's a little scary. A whale is another category of experience. You're never like, oh, a whale. And I've now seen whales for a number of years and close. One time, Kristen and I were stand-up paddling, and a whale went under her, surfaced between us, and then went under me.
Yeah. But inspiring and crazy. Well, it's interesting. It is like a terror that is benign. it's not going to hurt you, but it's also like the size of your house. Oh my gosh. And that's what strikes me about this is we have good things, friendly things, nice things in our lives that we're used to.
Yeah. But inspiring and crazy. Well, it's interesting. It is like a terror that is benign. it's not going to hurt you, but it's also like the size of your house. Oh my gosh. And that's what strikes me about this is we have good things, friendly things, nice things in our lives that we're used to.
And then we have things that are terrifying to us, but rarely are those two things the same experience. It's both terrifying and good. Like rarely do you experience that in the water and then in the water with this like blowhole sound.
And then we have things that are terrifying to us, but rarely are those two things the same experience. It's both terrifying and good. Like rarely do you experience that in the water and then in the water with this like blowhole sound.
I saw a great white shark breached the other day at Sunset Point no way and I had read that they were at this spot that I really like when you were surfing yeah and this guy next to me I was like I wonder if what I saw I just saw so I look over at the guy next to me and he's like Did you see that? I was like, yeah. And he's like, I had heard there were great whites out here. You stayed?
I saw a great white shark breached the other day at Sunset Point no way and I had read that they were at this spot that I really like when you were surfing yeah and this guy next to me I was like I wonder if what I saw I just saw so I look over at the guy next to me and he's like Did you see that? I was like, yeah. And he's like, I had heard there were great whites out here. You stayed?
Of course. Oh, my gosh. All the other people, you know, if you want to paddle in, that's fine. It's just more waves for us. Exactly.
Of course. Oh, my gosh. All the other people, you know, if you want to paddle in, that's fine. It's just more waves for us. Exactly.
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Yeah, last year I finished a world tour. End of November and I was kind of cooked. I'd been to a lot of cities. And so I needed like, okay, I need to like reset the whole thing. So I was like, okay, first thing I'm going to try to do is each day I'm not going to enter screen land till late in the day. So I just named it screen land.
Yeah, last year I finished a world tour. End of November and I was kind of cooked. I'd been to a lot of cities. And so I needed like, okay, I need to like reset the whole thing. So I was like, okay, first thing I'm going to try to do is each day I'm not going to enter screen land till late in the day. So I just named it screen land.
Um, and I'm going to work with, I'm going to take pen and paper with me and I'm going to just listen because my work is creating things. I make things and then share them. And then there comes this end of a season when I have to like cook it all up again and I have to stop talking. Um, So that was probably the end of November I started. I would spend the first part of the day in silence.
Um, and I'm going to work with, I'm going to take pen and paper with me and I'm going to just listen because my work is creating things. I make things and then share them. And then there comes this end of a season when I have to like cook it all up again and I have to stop talking. Um, So that was probably the end of November I started. I would spend the first part of the day in silence.
I'd go surfing and then I would just sit with pen and just note what was going on inside of me. And I wouldn't check any phone or email till like after 4 p.m. Really?
I'd go surfing and then I would just sit with pen and just note what was going on inside of me. And I wouldn't check any phone or email till like after 4 p.m. Really?