I am not afraid. God is with us. With God, all things are possible. "I stand before you truly unafraid because I remember. I remember that I am here not because of the path that lies before me but because of the path that lies behind me." I remember that for 250 years we have fought these tyrants, these demon worshippers, these Venetian "nobility." And I remember what matters most of all. After 250 years WE ARE STILL HERE!
So you go off and do the thing that scares you. Then what? After you come down from the high, you want more and then more. You keep doing those things that scare you and reap the highs and then come back down to earth.
You are now in a vicious circle always wanting the next high. You are now trapped in the silly game of "bucket list" highs that never ends because you don't know what enough is.
You are now in chase mode that never ends. And when you fail to get to your next high experience, you start finding fault, feel down and out or some such thing. Now where are you? Lost like the rest of humanity and trapped into "it's never enough" mentality which is similar to being brainwashed and forever regretting that you should have done more.
An American investment banker was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large fin tuna. The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them.
The Mexican replied, “Only a little while.”
The American then asked why he didn’t stay out longer and catch more fish.
The Mexican said he had enough to support his family’s immediate needs.
The American then asked, “But what do you do with the rest of your time?”
The Mexican fisherman said, “I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take siesta with my wife, Maria, stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine and play guitar with my amigos. I have a full and busy life.”
The American scoffed. “I am a Harvard MBA and could help you. You should spend more time fishing and with the proceeds, buy a bigger boat, and with the proceeds from the bigger boat, you could buy several boats. Eventually, you would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch to a middleman, you would sell directly to the processor, eventually opening your own cannery. You would control the product, processing, and distribution. You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to Mexico City, then LA and eventually NYC, where you will run your expanding enterprise.”
The Mexican fisherman asked, “But how long will this take?”
To which the American replied, “Fifteen to twenty years.”
“But what then?”
The American laughed and said that’s the best part. “When the time is right, you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich; you would make millions.”
“Millions?” asked the fisherman. “Then what?”
The American said, “Then you would retire. Move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take siesta with your wife, stroll to the village in the evening, sip wine, and play guitar with your amigos!”
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A Criticism of “The Mexican Fisherman”
The only part of the story that I would tinker with is this: “The Mexican said he had enough to support his family’s immediate needs.”
There’s nothing wrong with catching some extra fish to offer a little bit of security for your family, or, if your love of fishing (or whatever it is you do) dissipates. “Enough to support immediate needs” could be synonymous with “living paycheck to paycheck” and that can be a pretty stressful way to live too. What happens if the fish disappear, the boat sinks or is stolen, or he becomes too old to fish anymore? There is plenty of healthy spectrum between “enough to support immediate needs” and “IPO millions”.
How about this substitute, “The Mexican said he catches enough to support his family’s immediate needs, plus enough extra over the years to indefinitely fund their current lifestyle.”?
Gratitude + saving enough to fund a simple, satisfied existence indefinitely (aka “financial independence“) – now that’s a winning combo. And if fishing is your thing, keep on fishing.
Elections in Russia’s new regions were honest and transparent because people showed up to vote in person, unlike the voting by mail in the US, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.
Speaking at a meeting with municipal educators in Moscow, the Russian president brought up the 2020 American presidential election as an example of what democracy should not look like.
“It’s probably possible to falsify anything. Just like the previous elections in the US were falsified through voting by mail. Well, it’s clear what voting by mail is. They bought ballots for $10, wrote them in, and without any supervision from observers, tossed them into mailboxes. And there you go,” Putin said.
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What I most want to do is free the slaves, stop the wars, end tyranny, and go dancing on the Moon. I am not afraid. Who's with me?
That's a hell of a start, but which one scares you? :)
I am not afraid. God is with us. With God, all things are possible. "I stand before you truly unafraid because I remember. I remember that I am here not because of the path that lies before me but because of the path that lies behind me." I remember that for 250 years we have fought these tyrants, these demon worshippers, these Venetian "nobility." And I remember what matters most of all. After 250 years WE ARE STILL HERE!
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So you go off and do the thing that scares you. Then what? After you come down from the high, you want more and then more. You keep doing those things that scare you and reap the highs and then come back down to earth.
You are now in a vicious circle always wanting the next high. You are now trapped in the silly game of "bucket list" highs that never ends because you don't know what enough is.
You are now in chase mode that never ends. And when you fail to get to your next high experience, you start finding fault, feel down and out or some such thing. Now where are you? Lost like the rest of humanity and trapped into "it's never enough" mentality which is similar to being brainwashed and forever regretting that you should have done more.
Thanks for this. I needed a rationale not to get off my ass today. I'm going to to absolutely nothing and love it.
“The Parable of the Mexican Fisherman”
An American investment banker was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large fin tuna. The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them.
The Mexican replied, “Only a little while.”
The American then asked why he didn’t stay out longer and catch more fish.
The Mexican said he had enough to support his family’s immediate needs.
The American then asked, “But what do you do with the rest of your time?”
The Mexican fisherman said, “I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take siesta with my wife, Maria, stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine and play guitar with my amigos. I have a full and busy life.”
The American scoffed. “I am a Harvard MBA and could help you. You should spend more time fishing and with the proceeds, buy a bigger boat, and with the proceeds from the bigger boat, you could buy several boats. Eventually, you would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch to a middleman, you would sell directly to the processor, eventually opening your own cannery. You would control the product, processing, and distribution. You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to Mexico City, then LA and eventually NYC, where you will run your expanding enterprise.”
The Mexican fisherman asked, “But how long will this take?”
To which the American replied, “Fifteen to twenty years.”
“But what then?”
The American laughed and said that’s the best part. “When the time is right, you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich; you would make millions.”
“Millions?” asked the fisherman. “Then what?”
The American said, “Then you would retire. Move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take siesta with your wife, stroll to the village in the evening, sip wine, and play guitar with your amigos!”
----
A Criticism of “The Mexican Fisherman”
The only part of the story that I would tinker with is this: “The Mexican said he had enough to support his family’s immediate needs.”
There’s nothing wrong with catching some extra fish to offer a little bit of security for your family, or, if your love of fishing (or whatever it is you do) dissipates. “Enough to support immediate needs” could be synonymous with “living paycheck to paycheck” and that can be a pretty stressful way to live too. What happens if the fish disappear, the boat sinks or is stolen, or he becomes too old to fish anymore? There is plenty of healthy spectrum between “enough to support immediate needs” and “IPO millions”.
How about this substitute, “The Mexican said he catches enough to support his family’s immediate needs, plus enough extra over the years to indefinitely fund their current lifestyle.”?
Gratitude + saving enough to fund a simple, satisfied existence indefinitely (aka “financial independence“) – now that’s a winning combo. And if fishing is your thing, keep on fishing.
https://20somethingfinance.com/the-mexican-fisherman-parable/
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US Elections Falsified. -Putin
Elections in Russia’s new regions were honest and transparent because people showed up to vote in person, unlike the voting by mail in the US, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.
Speaking at a meeting with municipal educators in Moscow, the Russian president brought up the 2020 American presidential election as an example of what democracy should not look like.
“It’s probably possible to falsify anything. Just like the previous elections in the US were falsified through voting by mail. Well, it’s clear what voting by mail is. They bought ballots for $10, wrote them in, and without any supervision from observers, tossed them into mailboxes. And there you go,” Putin said.
https://www.rt.com/news/590761-us-election-russia/