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PEACE BE UNTO THEE, STRANGER Peace be unto thee, stranger, enter and be not afraid. I have left the gate open and thou art welcome to my home. There is room in my house for all. I have swept the hearth and lighted the fire. The room is warm and cheerful and you will find comfort and rest within. The table is laid and the fruits of Life are spread before thee. The wine is here also, it sparkles in the light. I have set a chair for you where the sunbeams dance through the shade. Sit and rest and refresh your soul. Eat of the fruit and drink the wine. All, all is yours, and you are welcome. — Ernest Holmes #IKITAO

In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists. — Eric Hoffer #IKITAO

A direct relationship is most valuable. Your website is the foundation. Social media is a traffic source. Never build your house on someone else's land. #IKITAO

Good afternoon. #IKITAO

Highly recommend the Streamlight ProTac 2.0 HP for a solid EDC tactical flashlight. USB-C rechargeable, packing 2,000 lumens and 85,000 candela with a rated beam distance of 583 meters (~1,913 ft), this thing has serious throw. The first two beam shots are ~100 ft to the first pole. - The final beam shot is ~200 ft to the second pole. #IKITAO #AvaUnbound #EDC

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe #IKITAO

Your outcomes are a lagging measure of your habits. Your net worth is a lagging measure of your financial habits. Your weight is a lagging measure of your eating habits. Your knowledge is a lagging measure of your learning habits. Your clutter is a lagging measure of your cleaning habits. You get what you repeat. — James Clear #IKITAO

Picked up these Gannet UV gloves from #Coolibar. UPF 50+ with silicone grip palms and touchscreen-compatible fingertips—everything I wanted in a driving glove. Light, breathable, cooling, grippy. The touchscreen response works surprisingly well, and they feel great. - #IKITAO #AvaUnbound

Picked up a #Fanttik Potent T10 jump starter for the rolling command center. 1800A peak, 12,000mAh battery, and rated to jump up to 7.0L gas or 5.0L diesel engines—so plenty for the Corolla Cross. It also has smart clamps with a display that shows battery voltage and connection status, force-start mode for seriously depleted batteries, 30W USB-C charging in/out, and a built-in emergency light. Prepping for the journey. #IKITAO #AvaUnbound

I do believe in simplicity. It is astonishing, as well as sad, how many trivial affairs even the wisest thinks he must attend to in a day; how singular an affair he thinks he must omit. — Henry David Thoreau That final clause, in modern language: How singular an affair he thinks he must omit = How every matter seems uniquely important when he tries to decide what can be left undone. #IKITAO

If I had five minutes to chop down a tree, I’d spend the first three sharpening my axe. — Author unknown; commonly attributed to Abraham Lincoln #IKITAO

Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? — T. S. Eliot #IKITAO

Americanism: Using money you haven’t earned to buy things you don’t need to impress people you don’t like. — Robert Quillen, “Paragraphs,” Detroit Free Press, June 4, 1928 #IKITAO

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I miss when movies and TV trusted silence. Not every scene needed a swelling soundtrack telling you what to feel. Footsteps. A door closing. Rain, a distant train, the tension between two people. The Foley artists and the room tone were enough. I love music—which is exactly why I notice when a filmmaker chooses not to use it. But the problem isn't the music. It's that people stopped giving anything their full attention, so everything got louder to compensate. Writers talk about "second-screen notes"—make it easier to follow for the viewer who's on their phone. Explain what was already shown. Say it twice. Watch the great films and shows of the past. They weren't afraid to let a scene breathe. It has been said: "Music is the space between the notes." Sometimes silence isn't empty. It's where the story lives. #IKITAO

What did you learn today? What about yesterday? Get in the habit of learning something new every day. One of the best decisions I ever made was to turn my commutes into a rolling university. Most people think they don't have time to learn. But between driving, waiting, walking, and all the other little pockets of "dead time," many of us have 2–4 hours a day hiding in plain sight. And that's in addition to any dedicated learning time. That's 700–1,400+ hours a year. Many master's degrees require between 1,300 and 2,700 hours of study and coursework. Think about that. In just a year or two, you can go from curious beginner to genuine expertise. Bruce Lee famously said, "I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times." And when you learn something new, share it with someone else. Teach it. Apply it. Live it. #IKITAO

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I have known men to hazard their fortunes, go long journeys halfway about the world, forget friendship, even lie, cheat, and steal, all for the gain of a book. — A. S. W. Rosenbach, Books and Bidders #IKITAO