@ccfxstudios So are you implying that supply and demand might have an impact on an asset availability and price?
Borderline genius.
Better sell some foam before you run out of storage space though - jk
This is a 225 year-old tree sitting in the center of Magdalen College, Oxford England 🏴🇬🇧.
Think about that for a moment.
When this tree first took root, America 🇺🇸was still a young republic, barely two decades from our Declaration of Independence.
Generations have lived and rested beneath its branches. It has outlived wars, governments, inventions, and countless people who once walked past it. It had a beginning and one day it will have an end. But its legacy will continue.
This summer I had the extraordinary privilege standing under that tree while studying at Oxford University through the oldest U.S./Oxford exchange program in America. Twenty people from across the United States were selected. I was the only practicing attorney.
For most of the students around me, every grade carried enormous weight because it was helping shape the beginning of their legal careers. For me, it was different.
My future did not depend upon an Oxford grade. I already have the privilege of practicing law. I could have attended class, completed the assignments, enjoyed seven weeks in one of the most beautiful places in the world, earned my Oxford certification, and gone home.
No one would have thought less of me. But I couldn't do that.
Because excellence is not determined by what is required. Excellence is determined by what you believe God deserves from the gifts He has entrusted to you.
This was not a vacation. It was seven weeks of intensive Oxford level legal study in UK Law and English Legal History while simultaneously running my American law practice from overseas. Most mornings began between 4:30 and 6:00. Most nights ended somewhere between 10:00 and midnight, often later.
Somewhere in between there were classes, reading, writing, clients, deadlines, and yes, moments to marvel at the breathtaking beauty, history, architecture, and people of the United Kingdom. It was exhausting but it was wonderful. And every day reminded me of something Scripture teaches over and over again.
"Whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men." (Colossians 3:23)
I worked for the A+ but that wasn't my real goal. The goal was to honor the One who gave me the ability to pursue it and get everything I could to be used for His purpose!
Our culture teaches us to ask, "What can I get out of this?" God asks a different question: "What will you leave behind?"
The Bible repeatedly commands us to leave an inheritance for those who come after us. (Proverbs 13:22). Too often we reduce that to money, land, or possessions. But heaven tells a different story.
In Heaven the streets are paved with gold. The foundations are adorned with precious stones. (Revelation 21). Gold, silver, and precious things are not God's treasure. They're His building materials.
The question isn't how much wealth or stuff did you leave. It's not even how much did you do and see.
The question is what did you build with what was given to you.
-Did you leave wisdom?
-Did you leave courage?
-Did you leave truth?
-Did you leave faith that strengthened another generation?
Did you leave something that will still bear fruit long after your name is forgotten? Every gift God has placed in your hands is building material for His Kingdom. Your profession, talents, education, influence. resources, and your time.
None of them were given merely for your enjoyment, although God gives us GREAT JOY and Blessing while we work. These gift are entrusted to us so that future generations might know God better because we were faithful with what He gave us. Its an individual journey, with an individual duty and an individual purpose.
That old tree reminds me that every life has a beginning and every earthly life has an end. The only question is whether we spent our years consuming...or cultivating.
Live in such a way that long after you are gone, someone is still resting in the shade of what you planted.
Do all things with your might, unto the Lord.
Build something that outlives you.
Live your Best Life,
Like this tree, Live it Magnificently,
but always Live it for Him.
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"Most people follow the path that's already been laid out for them never questioning, never thinking, just walking in line like everyone else. Then you have the people the ones who see things differently, think outside the box, and aren't afraid to break away from the crowd. The funniest part? The masses don't admire them; they get annoyed, just like in this comic. Instead of realizing he's found a better, more efficient way, they roll their eyes and keep walking the long way around. This is exactly how the world works people mock what they don't understand, until one day, they realize those "weird" thinkers were actually right all along. Moral of the story? Dare to be different, challenge the norm, and take the path that actually makes sense even if people don't get it yet." ♥️💫✨
So you decided to gain a little 'convenience' and surrendered your right to privacy.
..but I have nothing to hide.
The government will determine that for you.
Pro trading tip: Exchanging Rights for Privileges is for fools. What your next trade when you run out of rights?
The same people who are ok with Flock Cameras signed up for TSA & Global Precheck at the airport.
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Oooops.
Most people have NO IDEA what they sold off for convenience with TSA Precheck, Global Precheck and every other program of convenience like it
I have studied the contracts. I have studied the handbooks.
Anyone who signed up for those programs already gave Flock permission to the Feds to collect and use all that data - they don’t need any other consent.
Learn more about YOUR RIGHTS at https://t.co/LMNVsIsNGK
YOUR NEW PATRIOTIC SONG JUST DROPPED! 🇺🇸
"One Nation," from @stevegrubershow & The Freedom Project and Real America's Music, is a new patriotic anthem you're going to have on repeat. "This country needs patriotism. This country needs a chance to come together."
🎶 DOWNLOAD it now by scanning the QR code or clicking the link in the comments.
Let's Talk War-
Everyone is asking the wrong question.
Is the war justified?
Do you support the strike?
Do you trust the President?
That's not the first constitutional question.
The first question is:
Who has the authority to decide?
Congress decides whether the nation enters war.
The President is Commander in Chief after Congress Decides
That wasn't an accident.
This isn't about Trump.
This isn't about Republicans.
This isn't about Democrats.
It's about whether the Constitution still means what it says when the stakes are high.
Because the Constitution was never designed to ask whether we trust the President.
It was designed because the Framers knew someday we would.
Watch this video before you decide whether the war is right or wrong.
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