We just underwent the largest expansion of the monetary supply in human history & are spring boarding into potential worldwide conflict. If your reasons for not holding #bitcoin are “meh 4 year cycle” I’m not sure why you’re here
37 year old American fighter
Never been an undisputed champion
Final shot at glory
6 to 1 underdog
Going up against a seemingly unsolveable puzzle, an undefeated legend in the making
Walks out from the Oval Office of the White House after reading the Declaration of Independence to a Johnny Cash cover being played by the US Marine Corps band
It was written in the stars
You can placebo effect your life into a better place by being perpetually optimistic.
Assume things will always work out, speak in affirmations and think positives thoughts.
Your life will change.
Good things will happen, better people will come into your life, opportunities will become more abundant.
Your perspective is your reality.
Something miraculous is happening in the USA and the world thanks to the World Cup and the USA’s 250th.
I’m not quite sure yet what it is, I have to give it more thought.
I think it has something to do with the world realizing that managed decline is not necessary (with Trump’s America as the example), and I think it has something to do with more Americans not being afraid to be patriots about their nation and their culture.
It’s more than that though—I have to ponder.
Article coming when I figure it out. Any and all ideas welcome.
USA is having a moment:
- 250th anniversary
- Olympic gold over Canada in men's and women's hockey
- New York Knicks winning an NBA title for the first time in 53 years
- Hosting the World Cup, USMNT playing beautiful football, visitors in awe of the country
- UFC on the south lawn of the White House
4th of July in a few weeks! 🇺🇸
22 year old fitness influencers tell you that you need 8 hours of sleep, stretching followed by a good warm up, train scientifically, the sauna, a cold plunge and no microplastics
Most fathers are running on 5 hours of sleep, 400mg of caffeine, a quick warm up, crush a lift, meat & potatoes & disciple to get through the day
The world was built by men who showed up tired, not by men waiting for perfect conditions
Ray’s Rock - Omaha Beach
On the morning of June 6, 1944, 23 year old Staff Sergeant Arnold “Ray” Lambert came ashore with the first wave of the 1st Infantry Division on the eastern side of Omaha Beach. At this small patch of concrete he saved nearly 20 lives:
The division came under intense fire from several German bunkers surrounding the entrance to the Colville Draw (one of two exits off Omaha Beach). Ray, a medic, immediately went to work.
He was shot in the arm. Moments later he was hit by shrapnel in the leg, but Ray kept pulling men to safety. He pulled nearly 20 wounded soldiers to cover behind this 8ft wide obstacle, treating each soldier before going out in search of others.
After several hours under fire, while pulling a wounded soldier from the ocean, he was struck by a landing craft. It dropped its ramp on top of him, breaking his back. He fell face down in the water, drowning. The craft backed up and nearby soldiers pulled an unconscious Ray to safety, eventually evacuating him off the beach.
Remarkably, Ray had already earned two Silver Stars and three Purple Hearts in Sicily and North Africa, prior to landing in France. But here in Normandy his war would end.
He awoke in a hospital back in England a day later. In the next bed over was his brother, who had also been wounded at Omaha.
When asked about his work on D-Day, Ray simply said, “I did what I was called to do.”
Ray Lambert passed in 2021 at 100 years old. He exemplified the best of American grit and why remembering this day is so important.