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| FUNNIEST QUOTES ABOUT AGEING "To get back to my youth, I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable." - Oscar Wilde "Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you are aboard, there is nothing you can do about it." - Golda Meir "The older I get, the more clearly I remember things that never happened. Mark Twain "As you get older, three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two." - Sir Norman Wisdom "When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it’s a sure sign you’re getting old." - Mark Twain "Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen." - Mark Twain "First, you forget names, then you forget faces, then you forget to pull your zipper up, then you forget to pull your zipper down." - Leo Rosenberg "If you want to know how old a woman is, then ask her sister-in-law." - Edgar Howe "Wisdom doesn’t necessarily come with age. Sometimes, age just shows up all by itself." - Tom Wilson “Ageing seems to be the only available way to live a long life.” - Kitty O’Neill Collins "Looking fifty is great—if you’re sixty." - Joan Rivers "At age 20, we worry about what others think of us… at age 40, we don’t care what they think of us… at age 60, we discover they haven’t been thinking of us at all." - Ann Landers "I’m like old wine. They don’t bring me out very often… but I’m well preserved." - Rose Kennedy "The important thing to remember is that I’m probably going to forget." - Unknown “It’s paradoxical that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn’t appeal to anyone.” - Andy Rooney "I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a lot more as they get older, and then it dawned on me—they’re cramming for their final exam."- George Carlin "I don’t feel old. I don’t feel anything until noon. Then it’s time for my nap." - Bob Hope “By the time you’re 80 years old you’ve learned everything. You only have to remember it.” - George Burns "I have reached an age when, if someone tells me to wear socks, I don’t have to." - Albert Einstein "Regrets are the natural property of grey hairs." - Charles Dickens “Old age isn’t so bad when you consider the alternative.” – Maurice Chevalier. |
| On this sacred morning of Basant Panchami, when the earth dresses itself in yellow and the air hums with new beginnings, may Maa Saraswati gently enter your life with her divine presence. May her veena tune your thoughts with wisdom, her blessings purify your words, and her grace illuminate your mind with clarity and truth. May this day awaken the spring within your soul—where hope blossoms, doubts dissolve, and faith grows stronger with every breath. May ignorance fade like winter’s cold, and knowledge shine like the golden sunlight of Basant. May you be blessed not only with learning, but with inner wisdom—the wisdom to choose peace over chaos, compassion over ego, and truth over illusion. May your heart become a sacred space where humility lives, patience grows, and gratitude flows effortlessly. As the mustard fields sway in devotion, may your life too move in harmony with the divine rhythm of the universe. May every step you take be guided, every effort blessed, and every prayer heard. On this holy day, may your past be healed, your present be peaceful, and your future be filled with purpose. May your mind be sharp, your heart be pure, and your soul forever connected to the light of the Divine. Happy Basant Panchami. May knowledge be your strength, faith be your shelter, and devotion be your eternal companion. |
| Days of Silence Not because I didn’t love, but because sometimes love chooses peace. I stepped back so my child wouldn’t grow up carrying scars that were never hers. I missed moments I can never get back. I was unseen, unheard, yet I never stopped being her father. A father’s love doesn’t disappear with distance. It becomes sacrifice. It becomes strength. Today, I speak, not from anger, but from peace. Because some love doesn’t need noise to be real. 🤍 |
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| DETERMINATION...... 1. " Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy....." - Winston Churchill 2. " The man who thinks he can and the man who thinks he can't are both right. Which one are you?......" 3. " The wishbone will never replace the backbone......." 4. " You don't have to get it perfect, you just have to get it going. Babies don't walk the first time they try, but eventually they get it right....." And to sum it all up...... " If Plan A doesn't work, the alphabet has 25 more letters......" What Say???? |
| Starbucks is the largest unregulated bank in America They are hoarding almost $2 billion of your money. And it's completely by design. They don't just sell coffee. They've built one of the largest legal money schemes in history. Right now, Starbucks is holding $1.85 billion in gift card and app balances. Money that customers loaded but never spent. To put that in perspective: 85% of US banks have less than $1 billion in total deposits. Starbucks holds more customer cash than most actual banks. But here's the difference: Banks pay you interest to hold your money. Starbucks pays you nothing. Starbucks just needs to stock coffee and muffins. Banks are regulated by the federal government. Starbucks answers to no one. So how did they build this financial empire? It started with gift cards in 2001. Simple idea: load money, buy coffee later. People weren't redeeming all their gift cards. A $25 card might have $3.47 left on it forever. That leftover money? Pure profit. They call it "breakage." In 2024 alone, Starbucks made $207 million from money people loaded but never spent. They engineered the entire system to maximize breakage. First, they made gift cards year-round items instead of just holiday gifts. Then they launched the Starbucks app. The app forces you to pre-load money before ordering. You can't just pay $6.84 for your latte. You have to load $10 minimum. Now you've got $3.16 sitting in their system. That's not a bug. That's the business model. Then they added auto-reload. Set it up once, and Starbucks automatically charges your card whenever your balance drops. Money is flowing in constantly Most people forget it's even happening. Then they added rewards. You earn more points by paying with your Starbucks balance than with a credit card. So you're incentivized to keep money locked in their system. The trap is airtight. A consumer complaint filed in Washington State called it an "involuntary subscription." Their exact words: "This Catch-22 traps customers in a cycle that resembles an involuntary subscription." You load money to buy coffee. You have a leftover balance. You come back to use it. You load more money. The cycle never ends. Think about what Starbucks actually built: They collect billions in deposits. They pay no interest. They have no withdrawal obligations. They keep 10-13% of all deposits as pure profit. They're not regulated as a financial institution. Any bank would go for this model. |
| Imagine the companies who are doing a similar thing and it's leagl thieft. The incentives are reaching out to catch as many people as possible into these types of traps. Would you work for a company fro free? When you use self checkout you are working for a company for free. The people who no longer have jobs wind up on welfare. Either you way is wrong because you work for free and pay your tax money for the unemployed persons. The system is evil and corrupt. Divided we fall, togerther we stand. |
| Ants What an amazing discovery! Scientists have discovered that ants, after collecting the grains and seeds they need to store for the winter, break them into halves before storing in their nests. This is because by breaking the seeds into half, it stops them from germinating despite the most perfect conditions. But scientists were stunned when they discovered that coriander seeds stored in the ant nest were broken down into 4 pieces instead of 2 pieces. After lab research, scientists discovered that a coriander seeds germinate even after being divided into two, but won’t germinate after it’s divided into four parts. So how do these tiny tiny creatures know all this? Humans know very little, there's a lot to learn👍 |
| Attitude and Gratitude Attitude is how you look at life. Gratitude is how you value life. Attitude can make you feel entitled; Gratitude makes you feel blessed. Attitude may push you to complain; Gratitude inspires you to appreciate. Attitude can give you ego; Gratitude gives you humility. Attitude focuses on what is missing; Gratitude celebrates what is present. Attitude may change with situations; Gratitude changes situations. A great life needs both: Attitude for moving forward, Gratitude for staying grounded. |
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