Your Soul Food for Friday July 24, 2026: “To Know and Not to Do is Not to Know” + Better Ways to Stay Safe from Rip Tides, Lightening, Deadly Animals and Pesticides!

Happy Soul Food Friday

This week:

Viktor Frankl, Carl Jung, and Alan Watts All Discovered the Same 5 Rules for Living—Almost Nobody Lives by Them
Everything You Know About Surviving a Rip Current Is Wrong. Here’s What to Actually Do
Everything Hikers Know About Lightning Safety Is Wrong. A Storm Expert Explains the Rules That Actually Keep You Safe
The Deadliest Animal in America Isn’t a Bear, a Shark, or a Snake. It’s Not Even Close
The 1 Thing That’ll Wash Pesticides Off Fruits and Vegetables

Viktor Frankl, Carl Jung, and Alan Watts All Discovered the Same 5 Rules for Living—Almost Nobody Lives by Them:

A Holocaust survivor, a pioneering psychologist, and a Zen philosopher came from radically different worlds. Yet they all arrived at the same uncomfortable truths about what makes a life worth living

Viktor Frankl, Carl Jung, and Alan Watts All Discovered the Same 5 Rules for Living—Almost Nobody Lives by Them

Everything You Know About Surviving a Rip Current Is Wrong. Here’s What to Actually Do.

The “swim parallel to shore” advice you’ve heard your whole life is outdated. A coastal safety researcher explains what actually works — and why the old guidance can make things worse.

Everything You Know About Surviving a Rip Current Is Wrong. Here’s What to Actually Do. – Outside

Everything Hikers Know About Lightning Safety Is Wrong. A Storm Expert Explains the Rules That Actually Keep You Safe.

Get off the summit? Avoid tall trees? Crouch down? Some of the most repeated rules are myths. Here’s the updated guidance that actually holds up.

Everything Hikers Know About Lightning Safety Is Wrong. A Storm Expert Explains the Rules That Actually Keep You Safe. – Outside

The Deadliest Animal in America Isn’t a Bear, a Shark, or a Snake. It’s Not Even Close.

A surgeon analyzed nine years of CDC fatality data to rank every animal most likely to kill you in the U.S. The top two on the list will stop you cold — and permanently change how you think about outdoor risk.

The Deadliest Animal in America Isn’t a Bear, a Shark, or a Snake. It’s Not Even Close. – Outside

The 1 Thing That’ll Wash Pesticides Off Fruits and Vegetables:

Complicated washes are trending on TikTok. But are they even necessary?

How To Wash Pesticides Off Fruits And Vegetables | HuffPost Life