A piece of wisdom from
August 2, 2025 · Saturday
The quote
“When the tea bowl is cracked, the crack is not a flaw to be hidden. It is the bowl's history, and the gold that mends it is the bowl's honour.”
— Japanese proverb · Wabi-Sabi
The concept
Financial Freedom
Money buys time. Time is what wealth actually is.
Most people work for money. The wealthy build assets that work for them. Financial Freedom is not a number, it is the day your assets pay your bills, and you get your hours back. The math is unforgiving in both directions: small habits comp…
A practice for today
Walk one slow block today and observe the lesson of Financial Freedom. Money buys time. Time is what wealth actually is.
From the Bhagavad Gita
Verse 6.35
असंशयं महाबाहो मनो दुर्निग्रहं चलम्। अभ्यासेन तु कौन्तेय वैराग्येण च गृह्यते॥
“Without doubt, O mighty-armed, the mind is difficult to control and restless. But by practice and by dispassion, it can be brought under control.”
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