He has pretty eyes, doesn’t he?

As we were closing the bar down last night my coworkers and I sat out front to decompress for a while.

It wasn't the easiest shift for me. I felt like crying so many times throughout the night. And I even considered giving my shift away so I could go home and grieve the loss of my cat with my wife. She was hysterical to say the least.

But I collected myself and pushed through the shift. And at the end of the night I met a corporate attorney from Atlanta. A tall, funny guy, he had on cowboy boots, a cowboy hat, a bolo tie, and a big belt buckle.

After we sat down and started talking he said, "I'm just a Jewish guy that likes the feeling of wearing the cowboy get up." Acknowledging we were curious about it. Or maybe he felt that he had to explain it. I think he feels comfort in that alter ego.

He told us he realized that he hates his job even though he is making more money than he ever thought he would make. That he is depressed.

He is realizing that he wants some form of real connection with people. And that is something you cannot buy, but you can only aquire with shared experiences.

He said he was considering pivoting to any other job because he felt empty.

He really liked our bar and he really liked the way we interacted with each other and customers; some of whom we barely know.

He realized that what he lacked was a form of real connection to a community.

That made me do some self reflection. And it also made me think about Nostr.

I feel fortunate to be able to share my experiences with you. Nostr isn't about the money, even though it's attractive.

If you spend enough time here you start to realize that it's really about shared experiences and building a community.

There's freedom in that, right?

I've also found that idaf as much as I age, and that makes things a lot more fun. Shitty decisions and horribles takes are part and parcel of being crazy, so I embrace it.

I at first became infatuated with the level of real personal interaction here on the nostr protocol. Recently I have begun to get slightly uninterested in the constant bitcoin discussion I see in my feed. Is there any way for me to find myself in a different category of discussion that I am less informed about?

Please let me know if you can help me with this.

It creeps on me sometimes too. Then I climb a tree, or run through the puddles naked. Climb a fence, or break into an outdoor swimming pool. Keeps me young. Prison may not though, if I ever get caught 😜

Doesn’t have to be

I was given love and inspiration. Now to use it.

Shits going down.

Good night 💜🫂

Je la connaissais pas avant, je découvre ça avec toi, je vais explorer 🫂💜

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My 100 year old grandmother's first painting session in her life. She really enjoyed it and celebrated it with a coffee.

Damn

When you have everything you want, what do you do?

What does tyia mean?

I don't want one thing that does many things poorly.

I'd rather have many things, that do one thing perfectly.

“When there’s nothing left to burn, you need to set yourself on fire”

Not mine, but not sure who said it.

We should focus on fixing ourselves. Those around us will either join us or fade away, and we remain humble and bettered.