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I still have a faint slipper tan from the years of morning walks with my dog. He was an excellent sidekick. The kind who matches your energy for adventure, and teaches you stillness (except maybe during thunderstorms and fireworks). It’s been 5 months since I lost him, and it's kinda sad to see that tan slowly fading. I’ve had dogs since I was a kid - a spitz, an Alsatian, a mongrel, two goldens. Forever grateful to have known what unconditional love feels like.

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There is power in having passion and purpose, and in rediscovering them when things get tough. When Bruce Lee first began training, he studied Wing Chun under Ip Man in Hong Kong. But he didn’t complete the system because some students rejected him due to his mixed ancestry. Instead of letting that stop him, he went on to learn boxing for head movement and footwork, fencing for timing and distance, judo and jiu-jitsu for grappling, karate and taekwondo for precision kicking, Muay Thai and Savate for striking and clinch work, and Filipino martial arts like Kali (Silat), Eskrima, and Arnis for weapons and empty-hand techniques. He stayed loyal to the purpose, not the path. Passion kept him moving forward. That allowed him to create his own style of martial art, the Jeet Kune Do, or “The Way of the Intercepting Fist.” JKD was a philosophy of adaptability. In a 1971 interview with Pierre Berton, Bruce spoke about teaching martial arts to Hollywood actors like James Garner and Steve McQueen. When asked if he was teaching them acting, he said, “This might sound too philosophical, but it is unacting acting, or acting unacting.” Sometimes, you have to unlearn, to learn. Bruce believed that the most honest expression required both instinct and discipline. It is a balance, a harmony. Its about being real, in motion and in presence. He said, “Here, you have natural instinct. And here, you have control. You must combine the two in harmony. If you only have one in the extreme, you become unscientific. If you only have the other, you become mechanical. No longer a human being. So, it's a successful balance of both. Therefore, it's not just pure naturalness or pure unnaturalness. The ideal is unnatural naturalness or natural unnaturalness.” One of Bruce Lee's most powerful principles was: “Absorb what is useful, discard what is useless, and add what is uniquely your own.” In many ways that made JKD more of an open-source approach to martial arts rather than a structured and closed system. His thinking paved the way for modern mixed martial arts (MMA). But more than that, it became a philosophy of life. https://youtu.be/uk1lzkH-e4U

Facts vs. Truth One is objective. The other is personal. Nice vs. Kind One avoids pain. The other risks it to help. Being Right vs. Being Successful Being right wins the argument. Being successful wins the outcome. Encouragement vs. Flattery Encouragement is rooted in truth. Flattery is rooted in manipulation. Intelligence vs. Wisdom Intelligence knows what to say. Wisdom knows when or whether to say it. Love vs. Attachment Love gives freedom. Attachment destroys it. Honesty vs. Transparency Honesty tells the truth when asked. Transparency tells it without being asked. Confidence vs. Arrogance Confidence is based on self-awareness. Arrogance is based on insecurity. Vision vs. Control Vision invites people forward. Control pulls them back. Being Liked vs. Being Respected Being liked wins moments. Being respected wins missions. Agreement vs. Alignment Agreement is consensus. Alignment is commitment. Roles vs. Value Roles define responsibility. Value defines impact. Invention vs. Innovation Invention creates something new. Innovation makes it useful. Art vs. Aesthetic Aesthetic pleases the eye. Art moves the soul. Inspiration vs. Discipline Inspiration gets you started. Discipline keeps you going.

What are your thoughts on the tariff war? China doesn’t care, they doubled down on domestic trade and alt markets like since 2020 (Dual Circulation Strategy). Canada sends retaliation warning to the US. Southeast Asia has been the quiet facilitator in the US-Russia-China-EU trade tensions for decades and the middleman for global trade for centuries. Hitting them with those hefty tariffs seems short-sighted and might not end well. What are we looking at ? Spikes in prices for semiconductor and broader supply chain disruptions, as southeast asia remains a critical assembly hub for the US and EU. If these nations pivot toward BRICS alternatives, the US risks losing a key trade and manufacturing partner, and like domino effect, weakening its influence in global supply chains. Tariffs are political crowd-pleasers. All tariffs globally should be removed. The US is trying to squeeze everyone all at once while its own industrial base is still not prepared for actual self-sufficiency. You can’t tariff your way into manufacturing dominance. You have to build without the unnecessary drama. Otherwise you will create black markets and smugglers to overcome the high rise in consumer products. That and the rise of corruption/favouritism in licensing. If Americans genuinely believe that restricting their own choices is the only way they will be driven to build their country up, then that’s a messed-up mission to roll. The irony is, forced economic self-reliance has been a key theme in many communist experiments. And it’s not like the government fully supports its people in building their country. Only a select few benefit. This feels like we need to be prepared for 2008 repeat. The U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio is at record highs (~125%). Interest payments alone are massive, and rising rates make it worse. With rising debt, banking fragility, and geopolitical instability, a shock to trade could push things over the edge. But with problems, come solutions. Bitcoin is going to start playing an important role in keeping global trade running when sovereign currencies lose momentum. Nostr can play a functional role for countries and companies that lack digital maturity (offline Nostr is an area to tap on). Logistics bottlenecks and entrenched port control remain real barriers. If we can crack those, then maybe, just maybe, we could see a real shift toward a more fluid, borderless economy. It would also be good to see countries in South America and Africa rising in support of global trade out of this. But governments thrive on control. They’re not going to let go that easily. Of late I have been trying to figure out my own standing in the macroeconomic world. I debate against myself in needing a balance. But I find myself increasingly drawn to a no-state position. I just cannot see a strong state’s role as an economic stabilizer.

Some thoughts in recent weeks: how we perceive reality is often someone else’s construction of it. What excites your soul? What makes you feel deeply connected? Who excites your soul? Do you think society is devolving or have you evolved and everything else remains the same? The way to let go of ego is radical honesty, from yourself to yourself The more you seek validation, the more you become prisoner of other people’s opinions ‘Freedom comes when you learn to let go, creation comes when you learn to say no’ - Madonna Detaching from outcome sets your bar to your higher self, that even winning becomes a lower benchmark Kintsugi, the art of fixing gold lacquer on cracked bowls, is how relationships should grow together. Some people will enter your heart and uplift you physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Some will drain your energy. Everyone is a lesson Be benevolent towards yourself Being intentional is powerful You are enough

Bitcoin on macroeconomics mind map. Economics is simply about control. Who controls money? Who controls power? Who is controlled by it? Who benefits from that control? Where do you stand ? Are you a hard or soft libertarian, or are you ok being a libertarian as is. If you backing stablecoins, you're the new backbone of central banks. (On that note, it took me a while to figure out where Chaumian cash and Fedimint fit in. I've placed them under soft libertarianism. The have centralized elements which contradicts hard libertarian principles, but they still draw from libertarian ideals)

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🫂 On some days, all you can give is a hug. All you need is a hug. Art by Checksy

What’s your pick ? Plato or. Aristotle? Picasso or Van Gogh? Locke or Descartes? Athens or. Jerusalem? Existence or. Essence? Poetry or Prose? Paris or Rome ? Freud or Jung? Darwin or Lamarck? Beethoven or Mozart?

Zen harmony - Attention is not intention The greatest prison is the prison inside your own mind Peace isn’t something you chase. It’s something you choose. If you give people enough space, they will reveal themselves to you Bonds are not made of conversations or connections, but of understanding Live like nature. Everything blends with each other. Everything flows naturally Those who have walked the path of inner stillness often radiate the most profound joy Don’t be like the storm that crashes onto the mountain. Be the mountain that watches the storm pass