Beauty | slightly insightful

This week NASA shared a super-duper high resolution image (8000 by 8000 pixels!) of the Earth with the world. In case you missed it, here it is. I feel it ties in perfectly with this week’s WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: Hope.

Photo courtesy of NASA’s flickr.

I am moved by the beauty and majesty of our precious planet. What a wonderful world we have been given! It gives me hope for the future.

I didn’t take this picture, but I hope that some of my tax dollars were spent in paying for it.

Want to participate in the challenge? Head on over to The Daily Post and follow the instructions below.

1. Each week, [they] provide a theme for creative inspiration. You take photographs based on your interpretation of the theme, and post them on your blog anytime before the following Friday when the next photo theme will be announced.

2. To make it easy for others to check out your photos, title your blog post “Weekly Photo Challenge: (theme of the week)” and be sure to use a “postaday2012″ or “postaweek2012″ tag.

3. Subscribe to The Daily Post so that you don’t miss out on weekly challenge announcements. Sign up via the email subscription link in the sidebar or RSS.

Now, take a picture that captures this week’s theme and post a link to it in the comments below.

An Amazing High Resolution Photo of the Earth from NASA’s New Polar Satellite (littlegreenfootballs.com)
NASA’s New Satellite Captures Amazing Hi-Res Image of Earth (mashable.com)
NASA’s New Blue Marble (mossandfog.com)
The Most Amazing Highest Resolution Image of Earth Ever (gizmodo.com)
NASA releases the highest resolution photo of Earth ever taken (technologytell.com)
NASA Releases New High-Definition Image of Earth (science.slashdot.org)

I’ve got a secret for you. No one cares what you look like in a swimsuit more than you do.

And that wet T-shirt clinging to your gut like a second layer of skin only serves to accentuate (i.e.: totally draws attention to) that gut you’re so desperate to hide.

Take a page from the book of Mister Morbidly Obese and Still Wearing a Speedo (that’s a Roger Hargreaves story that should have been written)—be confident in your own skin—it’s summer, just have fun.

No one at the pool (or beach, or anywhere else for that matter) is checking you out. We’re all too busy sucking in our own guts to notice.

Have you ever worn a T-shirt at the pool (if so, please stop)? Why? Why not? Sound off in the comments below.