When Sharon and I got married, the first diamond I bought her was tiny. It definitely wasn't anything that would turn heads.
But here's what I've learned after all these years: the size of the diamond has absolutely nothing to do with the strength of the marriage.
We built our marriage first. We built wealth over time. Then, years later, we upgraded the ring.
Don't go into debt trying to buy a symbol of a great marriage. Build one instead.
READ THIS AND NEVER TOUCH SUGAR AGAIN
• Sugar in your blood is called diabetes.
• Sugar in your brain is called dementia.
• Sugar in your teeth is called cavities.
• Sugar in your liver is called fatty liver.
• Sugar in your cells is oxidative stress.
• Sugar on your skin is called aging.
• Sugar in your gut is called inflammation.
• Sugar in your joints is called stiffness.
• Sugar in vour mood is called anxiety.
For the best travel experiences you need either a lot of money, or a lot of time. Of the two modes, it is far better to have more time than money. Although it tries, money cannot buy what time delivers. You have enough time to attend the rare festival, to learn some new words, to understand what the real prices are, to wait out the weather, or to get to that place that takes a week in a jeep. Time is the one resource you can give yourself, so take advantage of this if you are young without money. #KKtraveltips
Did you know C.S. Lewis predicted the modern obsession with “being nice” would destroy the soul?
In The Abolition of Man, Lewis argues that when a society stops believing in objective virtue, it doesn’t become tolerant… it becomes manipulable.
He calls the result “men without chests.”
People with appetites and intellects, but no courage, no honor, no trained moral instincts. They can calculate everything and defend nothing.
Lewis saw that once we reject inherited moral law, we don’t become free. We become raw material… easily shaped by propaganda, pleasure, and fear.
Modern man prides himself on compassion while quietly surrendering every standard that once gave compassion meaning.
Lewis’s insight is brutal: a civilization that educates clever cowards will eventually be ruled by tyrants or technicians.
Because when nothing is worth dying for, everything becomes negotiable… including human dignity.
Economics 101:
Milton Friedman on 4 ways to spend money:
1). Your money on yourself (you’re careful about both cost and quality).
2). Your money on others (you care about cost, less about quality).
3). Someone else’s money on yourself (you care about quality, not cost).
4). Someone else’s money on others (you care about neither).
The last one is how government spending works.