GOD BLESS YOU SIR 🫵🏻🫡
My respect 96 years .
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AMERICAN MADE .
The GOAT !!
Clint Eastwood Said Something About Getting Old That Stopped Me Cold.
Aging is not gentle.
You are still here. Still present. Still watching the world move. But the body that carried you through everything - the wars, the work, the wildness of youth - begins to ask for more than you can give it. Joints that never complained now speak up in the morning. Eyes that once took in everything now flinch at the light. Breathing, which never required a single thought, starts needing little pauses.
But none of that is the hardest part.
The hardest part is the quiet.
At a certain age, you reach for the phone and remember there is no one left to call.
The people who knew you when you were young - who remembered the same summers, the same streets, the same faces
- are gone. One by one, then all at once, until the memories you carry have no one left to share them with.
So you tell the stories anyway.
To whoever will listen. With a little more color than perhaps the truth deserves. With a touch of pride you've earned and a grief you don't always name. You know the person across from you wasn't there. You know they can't quite feel it the way you do.
But you tell them. Because the telling is the holding on.
Those stories are not just memories. They are the proof that a life was lived. That people were loved. That things mattered.
And if no one asks for them - you offer them anyway, quietly, like setting something down on a table and hoping someone picks it up.
Old age is not simply what happens to a face or a body.
It is memory looking for a place to rest.
And what an older person needs - more than advice, more than solutions, more than someone telling them how to feel - is simply someone willing to sit down, be still, and listen.
Not to fix anything.
Just to be there.
That is the whole gift. And it costs nothing.
~Wild Whispers .
An epic battle, Joao. And a hard-fought victory you deserve. Best of luck for the rest of the tournament and the incredible career you have ahead of you.
As for Paris… tu as mon coeur 🫶🏼
Djokovic sobre o João:
“Crédito enorme pro João por realmente merecer vencer. Acho que sem dúvida ele foi o melhor jogador nos momentos importantes, nos pontos cruciais no 4° e 5° set.
Ele encontrou golpes impressionantes. Foi incrível da parte dele.”
Novak Djokovic on his loss to Fonseca at Roland Garros, ‘It was just amazing from his side… I don’t think I’ve done too much wrong with my game. He was just better’
“Incredible match to be part of. Tough one for me to lose being two sets to love up. But huge credit for João for really deserving to win the match. He without a doubt was the better player in the important moments, in those crucial 4th and 5th… some amazing exchanges and points and he just found incredible shots, lines. It was just amazing from his side. Obviously not great for me to be facing a player playing such a level. I don’t think I’ve done too much wrong with my game. He was just better.”
(via Roland Garros Press)
THE MOMENT JOÃO FONSECA BEAT NOVAK DJOKOVIC AT ROLAND GARROS.
The first teenager to ever beat Novak in a Grand Slam.
And he did it on his mom’s birthday.
We just had a front row seat to history.
The superstar has arrived.
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Ocho minutos sublimes… 😍😍😍
Claude Monet no pintaba el mundo; pintaba el aire que se interpone entre él y las cosas.
Su pincel era un sismógrafo de la luz, capaz de registrar los latidos cromáticos de la atmósfera en un instante fugaz.
Para Monet, la realidad no estaba compuesta de formas sólidas o contornos definidos, sino de la vibración pura del color bajo el impacto del sol.
Este es un corto animado o animación digital estilizada inspirada por el uso del color de Monet.
Este hombre escribió el segundo libro más leído del mundo antiguo, solo por detrás de la Biblia.
Ha influido en todo el mundo, desde Leonardo da Vinci hasta físicos modernos.
Exploremos el impacto del libro más famoso que probablemente no hayas leído... 🧵
The sound engineers did an excellent job blending all the instruments and vocals perfectly.
This is a great example of an artist adapting to their age. Robert's vocals are fantastic.