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Shout Outs & Dedications / Re: On my exciting and amazing journey to the stars.....

« on: Today at 08:06:42 AM »

'About you' - The 1975

I know a place
It's somewhere I go when I need to remember your face
We get married in our heads
Something to do while we try to recall how we met
Do you think I have forgotten?
Do you think I have forgotten?
Do you think I have forgotten about you?
You and I (don't let go), we're alive (don't let go)
With nothing to do, I could lay and just look in your eyes
Wait (don't let go) and pretend (don't let go)
Hold on and hope that we'll find our way back in the end (in the end)
Do you think I have forgotten?
Do you think I have forgotten?
Do you think I have forgotten about you?
Do you think I have forgotten?
Do you think I have forgotten?
Do you think I have forgotten about you?
And there was something 'bout you that now I can't remember
It's the same damn thing that made my heart surrender
And I miss you on a train, I miss you in the morning
I never know what to think about
I think about you (so don't let go)
About you (so don't let go)
Do you think I have forgotten about you? (Don't let go)
About you
About you
Do you think I have forgotten about you? (Don't let go)

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Shout Outs & Dedications / Re: On my exciting and amazing journey to the stars.....

« on: Today at 07:41:47 AM »

An amazing love story is a love story because we do not get the other person to be in our life, and therefore they live in our hearts for our entire life. If we married them and go through all the bickering of life with that person, then then the love story dies in our life's bickering. The bickering stays in our hearts, and that is what we believe we have. 

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Shout Outs & Dedications / Re: On my exciting and amazing journey to the stars.....

« on: Today at 07:37:43 AM »

What is the one question to ask GOD?

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Shout Outs & Dedications / Re: On my exciting and amazing journey to the stars.....

« on: Today at 07:37:25 AM »

What is the most difficult thing to do in the world?

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Shout Outs & Dedications / Re: On my exciting and amazing journey to the stars.....

« on: Today at 06:26:15 AM »

Ray Dalio's Five Big Forces that drive economic and market cycle:

1. The Debt & Credit Cycle
2. Money & Inflation
3. Internal Conflict (Wealth & Values Gap)
4. External Conflict (Geopolitics & War)
5. Acts of Nature (Shocks)

Long-term debt cycles: Up to 80 years (give or take 25 years)
Short-term debt cycles: 3-6 years

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Shout Outs & Dedications / Re: On my exciting and amazing journey to the stars.....

« on: January 07, 2026, 10:22:19 AM »

"I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion" - Alexander the great


Not that I fan of Trump, but Trump is a lion.

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Shout Outs & Dedications / Re: On my exciting and amazing journey to the stars.....

« on: January 02, 2026, 10:37:35 AM »

When I think of my kids, I am glad to be born as a mammal in this lifetime because mammals nurture and love their young. If I was a fish or a crustacean, I would never have that opportunity to bask in the wonder and beauty of the next generation.

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Shout Outs & Dedications / Re: On my exciting and amazing journey to the stars.....

« on: December 30, 2025, 11:48:13 AM »

I married the most beautiful girl in the world. It took me a long time to understand the reasons why the marriage didn't work out, eventually. I was so mesmerized by her beauty that my young self, lacking wisdom regarding the hearts of people, myself included, disregarded all the warning signs that we were not a good match and kept pushing it forward. We do not marry the physical person, but we marry the hearts of others because its their hearts that drive their actions over the life of the journey. I wasn't wise enough to know that truth in my youth, and so I put us in a situation to fail.

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Shout Outs & Dedications / Re: On my exciting and amazing journey to the stars.....

« on: December 30, 2025, 11:27:21 AM »

In Allison Fallon's book 'The Power of Writing it Down' she emphasizes the importance of writing down your thoughts and then visiting them later to help you grow as a person. Because when you write it down, it gives you a chance to visit and revisit from different perspectives.

A couple things that I wrote that stayed with me, and I hope it grows inside:

1. The Magic of Doing

2. "I can do anything and I will do it in this lifetime. Find yourself first and I will live inside you."

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Shout Outs & Dedications / Re: On my exciting and amazing journey to the stars.....

« on: December 22, 2025, 06:49:06 AM »

According to Thich Nhat Hanh, things in this world, including you and me, manifest themselves when the conditions are right. They come into being. And when the conditions are no longer right, they transform and are no longer a manifestation in the world.

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Shout Outs & Dedications / Re: On my exciting and amazing journey to the stars.....

« on: December 22, 2025, 06:37:34 AM »

"Underneath our impression of being the same, there is the nature of impermanence. Nothing can remain the same in two consecutive moments. This applies to a human being, a cloud, to everything." - No Death No Fear by Thich Nhat Hanh

Impermanence is how a caterpillar transforms into a butterfly, a baby into adult, and everything else. Without impermanence, such transformation could not happen in nature or in us. We could not grow physically or mentally and emotionally. Thus, impermanence is good for the evolution of our being.

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Shout Outs & Dedications / Re: On my exciting and amazing journey to the stars.....

« on: December 18, 2025, 09:16:32 AM »

Chris Langdon vs J. Robert Oppenheimer by Malcom Gladwell

"According to Gladwell's analysis, both men were highly intelligent, but Oppenheimer's ability to navigate complex social environments, leverage his elite background, and persuade people was the crucial factor that allowed him to succeed where Langan did not. Oppenheimer was able to turn his ideas into action through collaboration and networking, while Langan's inability to connect with formal systems left his intellectual gifts largely unrealized in a conventional sense. The contrast highlights that success often relies heavily on social skills, opportunity, and a supportive environment, not just raw intelligence."

https://www.google.com/search?q=chris+langdon+versus+j+robert+oppenheimer&oq=chris+langdon+versus+j+rober&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBwgBECEYoAEyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRigATIHCAIQIRigATIHCAMQIRigATIHCAQQIRigATIHCAUQIRirAjIHCAYQIRirAjIHCAcQIRiPAtIBCjI0ODYyajBqMTWoAgiwAgHxBf8BRMFcpmd28QX_AUTBXKZndg&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Basically, its the differences in the culture surrounding both men's upbringing that made a difference in their lives.

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Shout Outs & Dedications / Re: On my exciting and amazing journey to the stars.....

« on: December 18, 2025, 09:13:13 AM »

"The true value of a human being can be found in the degree to which he has attained liberation from the self." - Albert Einstein

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Shout Outs & Dedications / Re: On my exciting and amazing journey to the stars.....

« on: December 04, 2025, 01:57:38 PM »

"Your mind is wired to focus on what hasn't changed yet and what you cannot do. If you look at yourself from the outside, you will see to how far you have already come. The problem isn't that you're stuck, it's that your thoughts convince you that you are. The truth is you're never really stuck. You always have choices. They might not be easy choices, and they might come with risk. But they exist. The real reason you feel stuck isn't you can't move forward, but you're afraid to. Maybe, you're afraid of failing. Maybe you're afraid what people will think if you take risk and fall flat on your face. " - Daniel Chidiac author of "Stop Letting Everything Affect You."

It goes back to a quote I once heard "A life lived in fear is a life half lived."

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Shout Outs & Dedications / Re: On my exciting and amazing journey to the stars.....

« on: December 04, 2025, 11:08:34 AM »

"Your mind is wired to focus on what hasn't changed yet and what you cannot do. If you look at yourself from the outside, you will see to how far you have already come. The problem isn't that you're stuck, it's that your thoughts convince you that you are. The truth is you're never really stuck. You always have choices. They might not be easy choices, and they might come with risk. But they exist. The real reason you feel stuck isn't you can't move forward, but you're afraid to. Maybe, you're afraid of failing. Maybe you're afraid what people will think if you take risk and fall flat on your face. " - Daniel Chidiac author of "Stop Letting Everything Affect You."