Success

 

This is an elusive term because it means different things to different people; however, success is typically measured by:

• WEALTH
• POWER
• POSITION

For others, success is measured by:

• one's level of faith
• one's longevity
• one's family
• one's friends
• one's health
• one's giving back

If you subscribe to the latter form of measurement then the former form of measurement is somewhat, if not altogether MEANINGLESS.

I consider myself to be successful because I worked for 45+ years and pretty much did exactly what I wanted even though I never made a large annual salary.

My friends you could count on one hand but they were all loyal and lifelong

My accomplishments focused around making sure others had a good chance at being successful too.

At 77 years of age and before 2025 ends, I will be 78, I consider myself having led a successful life and have ended up with enough savings to pay my bills and very little else.

I am happy and have contentment and joy for the most part; joy comes and goes but I am motivated by having gratitude with the life I have been given.

For me, wealth, power, position are overrated concepts.

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Earth's Core Holds a Vast Reservoir of Gold, And It's Leaking Toward The Surface

New evidence suggests molten heavy metals such as gold are leaking out of Earth's core. 

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Earth's core is rich with gold, and it's leaking out through the mantle and into the crust, new research has found.

A new study of isotopes found in the volcanic rock that oozed out from deep under the lithosphere has revealed precious metals in Earth's crust, including gold, initially leaked out of the core before beginning the long, long journey up to the surface, borne on convecting magma.


"When the first results came in, we realized that we had literally struck gold!" says geochemist Nils Messling of Göttingen University in Germany. "Our data confirmed that material from the core, including gold and other precious metals, is leaking into the Earth's mantle above."


Although we can access gold in Earth's crust, the amount there is an estimated minuscule fraction of the total quantity that our planet possesses. Like a dragon, Earth is hoarding most of its gold: research suggests more than 99 percent is in its metallic core – enough to cover all of Earth's land in gold 50 centimeters (20 inches) thick.

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Advice from Jeremiah

 

Americans are very, very good at both LYING and CHEATING.

Our parents started lying to us at an early age about Santa Clause, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, and why they were yelling at each other.

Our parents cheated on their taxes, took mementos from historic sites, ignore the speed limits, and tried to bribe our teachers for better grades.

When our national academic scores were down, instead of teachers teaching us how to learn, they taught us the test.

Students memorize for the grade instead of wanting to retain knowledge.

Wealthy parents make donations so the college will accept their average child.

Wealthy college graduates bring war chests of money to owners of businesses to circumvent paying their dues. 

Athletes take performance enhancing drugs to give them an edge over the competition.

Politicians lie about what they are going to do once they get into office.

Owners of companies, CEOs, Plant Managers lie to employees about the future of the company or layoffs.

Married couples lie to each other and their children about having affairs.

Children lie to their parents about drinking alcohol, smoking, and taking drugs.

My advice is to stop doing this if you can...

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US says Trump and Xi will talk soon as trade tensions ramp up. A White House official told CNBC that President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are likely to speak this week after the US and China traded accusations of violating their recent trade deal. President Trump claimed on Friday that China had violated the deal struck in Geneva, while China said Monday that the US had breached it by imposing new restrictions, including those on chip sales. China’s Ministry of Commerce said that if the US continued this behavior, China would “take resolute and forceful measures to safeguard its legitimate rights and interests.”

Colorado attack suspect charged with federal hate crime. Mohamed Sabry Soliman, the man arrested for allegedly throwing Molotov cocktails at people attending a Boulder, CO, demonstration in support of Israeli hostages in Gaza which sent eight people to the hospital, was charged with a federal hate crime after police said he told them that he would do it again, and that he specifically targeted the “Zionist group.” Authorities also said that Soliman had overstayed his visa after entering the US from Egypt and had been planning the attack for a year.

Jamie Dimon’s retirement is “several years” away. You won’t have to learn the name of a new top dog at JPMorgan just yet. Although the 69-year-old CEO shocked the finance world last year by saying he’d step down within the next five years, ramping up speculation about possible successors, Dimon said in an interview that Fox Business aired yesterday that his retirement wasn’t imminent, although “it’s always up to God and the board.” He added, “I love what I do.”—AR

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Trump’s Vicious Attack on the American Mind
He wants America to be ignorant because ignorance is the handmaiden of tyranny



Friends,

Why is Trump trying to cancel “Sesame Street,” which has helped children learn to read and count for over half a century?

Why is he seeking to destroy Harvard University?

Why is he trying to deter the world’s most brilliant scientists from coming to the United States?

Because he is trying to destroy American education — and with it, the American mind.

Throughout history, tyrants have understood that their major enemy is an educated public. Slaveholders prohibited enslaved people from learning to read. The Third Reich burned books. The Khmer Rouge banned music. Stalin and Pinochet censored the media.

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