“Without forgiveness life is governed by an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation.” Roberto Assagioli

The number of unforced errors Republicans committed this cycle was disappointing and sad. Though at least they shut down illegal immigration. They reaped what they sowed.

If you want to feel seen, speak one authentic word. Because the other person may reject you. You may be accompanied by 10,000 "friends," but the loneliest place in the world is where you don't accept yourself. No one can be your friend until you're a friend to yourself.

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"If loneliness is a choice, so is being seen." People don't tell the truth about themselves because they believe people will reject them. Actually, that is partially true. If you speak the truth about yourself, some people WILL certainly reject you. And it will hurt. But then, you won't have rejected yourself. You can get away from them, but you can't get away from yourself. Self-betrayal is more painful. If you don't speak the truth about yourself, NO ONE gets a real opportunity to accept you. Therefore, speak truth about yourself, sort out the losers who don't see how awesome you are, so we, the aristocracy of authenticity, can see who you are, and welcome you with open arms. Because speaking truth about yourself is loving and respecting yourself, and we like people like you.

Self-worth is not the same as selfish.

“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” Booker T. Washington

A tip for you: Marry a women slightly better looking than you.

"A distraction is work you never measure."

Listening to and singing Christmas music while driving with my wife, son, and on the way daughter, is so beautiful.

Our ebooks can now be purchased with Bitcoin! I've fought for YEARS to figure out a low cost way to sell our books directly to YOU, and Grok Bot finally came through, using Strike. Thank you @jack mallers! Thank God it's finally done!

For my purposes (scaling fikatimebooks dot com), Grok Bot is heads and shoulders above Hermes and Open Code with Muse Spark 1.3.

“It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.” Eleanor Roosevelt

Why are Christians obsessed with suffering? But not really in resolving it. But seemingly in perpetuating it or living in it.

A job will NEVER make you wealthy. A house you live in will never make you wealthy. A huge pile of money will never make you wealthy. Wealth is owning equity in an asset, while that asset(s) automatically meets human needs in exchange for money, that is more than your expenses.

In romantic relationships, there is no such thing as the one. But if you find someone you enjoy investing time with, speaking truth with, and overlap roughly 80% with, while being able to accept the other 20%, and then marry that person, with that covenant commitment, now they are the one.

Learning to distinguish between games that matter and games that don't matter is one of the most important lessons of my life.

One use for AI is using it to write all the objectionable things you could text to someone before texting the response that doesn't burn the bridge.

Me: "It looks like you just had a fight with an iguana." Wife: "It was a sloth, and it won." 🤣 @AnnSofiNovelist

Agentic AI is a boon for those who love learning.