Being smart is easy. Being kind and patient is hard.
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patiently waiting to swap some funny money for moooooar sats
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Iβve never found this an issue in real life.
On this site. I agree.
But maybe being mentally abusive to others is normal around here & others are ignoring that fact. Not sorry to be the one to call others in on this. At all.
Word of the day for me. So worth it. Being patient, kind and supportive with the bare intention of love makes it lighter. π€
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Being a kind and patient father has been the thing that has made me more kind and patient in the rest of my life.
What is the word? This is my word. π
If people donβt understand my love language comes with **all** the emotions ( and beyond ) thatβs on them. The world is burning and disheartening.
Some lead with acceptance & love for all. I love humanity enough to allow myself to be called in. Facing the fire π₯ directly.
This should make sense to some. β€οΈππππ₯°ππππππ€ππππβ£οΈππ»π§‘πππ€π»π½ 
Being smart is not an option, either you are or you are not. Genes, early stimuly, proper education and nutrition from a young age sets intelligence in stone.
Being kind and patient on the other hand can be cultivated.
Both are hard π₯²
I'm doing the hard bit first apparently π
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I just said itβs worth it to be patient and kind instead of having an βI am smarter and betterβ attitude when it comes to making others realize something or explaining something etc. :)
Feel your feelings girl. I think I itβs important to have friends & family that accept every nuance of it. π«
being a child and also patient is difficult indeed
You donβt think you can increase your intelligence? What about neuroplasticity?
true, but patience can sometimes lead to inaction. Knowing when to act is just as important as being kind and patient
In 2017 I walked away from a business that paid me over 1m a year. I had a 1yr old daughter and my new wife, 12 years my younger still had corporate goals she wanted to reach. Even though her income is good, it was insignificant to my earning potential. However, Iβd had enough. After a failed marriage and the constant drive for success I felt I had let my first child down (she was 3 at the time my wife left 2006) all my success came post 2006 and i started the grind in 2008. My first child didnβt have what I grew up with - stable home and two loving parents - I had her weekly and we are close but it has always niggled me that I failed her in this respect.
So back to 2017, I resigned, negotiated an exit from the shares, sold below market value to exit immediately.
I now have a boy and a girl 7/8 respectively whom Iβve been there daily for and I see my 20 yr old regularly.
I like to think that I am a good father rarely have cause to raise my voice and my young kids are well adjusted and very polite and happy. Both excel at school regarding people skills.
In 2020 I discovered Bitcoin and with my financial background, it clicked immediately. My new wife is a lawyer who is slowly opening her eyes to the fiat world but she isnβt ready to embrace Bitcoin so i travel this epoch alone.
In January 2025 I will have traversed my first cycle and god itβs been painful and stressful but Iβm a fighter and I can see whatβs going on around me. Slowly but surely my eldest daughter is now starting to get it, as I point her in the right direction of books to read . She is now asking the right questions. However, Our relationship can be stormy because she can be aggressive like her mother.
I have learnt to be patient with her and kind because this is not her fault.
Kindness and patience will rise above any trait a human can possess because thatβs what makes us human. Iβm a better father now than Iβve ever been.
Words to live by
uufff that is true
I just thought about this the other day when discussing bitcoin with my friends. It's tiring to repeat the same ideas without sounding condescending π«
Even being kind isn't that hard. Patience? The hardest thing in the world.
I'm a kind father... patience is something I'm learning.
It's not an insignificant achievement to be a kind and patient fatherππ»
I always thought I was an easy going guy who didn't really struggle with emotional outbursts.
Turns out all I needed was a couple of kids to blow that mental model apart.
Every day is a battle between the emotional and rational sides of my brain, when responding to my kids being dicks.
Yeah thatβs true, can confirm it from my own fatherhood of four. But you need to be open for change.
Them kids put you at test every freaking second of the day though π€£
Being wealthy would be betterπ
You can skip the whole kindness and patience thing altogether, you could invest wherever you like, nostr, bluesky, etc
With credit to my amazing wife, @Samah, the mantra that our son hears every single day is to βbe patient and kind.β
I just realized that I consider you a close friend that I've never met. What a strange thing.
To me it helps to think that my son sometimes acts out because itβs the only thing he knows how to do atm. It helps me understand that itβs not that he is being an asshole, but rather that he is doing his best in the pursuit of his own happiness. My role is to patiently and gradually show him better ways.
This mentality also overflowed in my life towards other people who act out. Itβs their best take in trying to live a happy life, so I try to not take it personally as best as I can.
Amen to that brother! Keep up the great work! Parenting isn't easy but it is fulfilling. I also have taken a way lessons in both kindness and patience that have made me a better person (and father).
Indeed, one can increase knowledge and experience but IQ seems to only go down after the age of 22-24.
The only thing that helps with brain function is physical exercise. But it only slows down the decay.
Yep - I've read all the books man, and of course they don't act out to deliberately spite you.
That's a difficult sell though when you're on a few hours sleep, you're hungry and your kid has just hit you round the face.
Being a kind and patient father makes you the perfect people manager π
Keep the patience when they become teenagers...
Bromances π―ββοΈ FTW π
Totally get you!!
I feel the same way, but we did hug in Miami π« lol
Awe π«’
A clever man is one who can think on his feet, a wise man is one who can think on his knees. #iam14andthisisdeep
Itβs the other way around for many.
I believe our god given strengths are what we find easy.
Our deficiencies, or opportunities to grow more complete, are what we find hard.
Who are kind and patient accounts to follow on #nostr?
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Agree with you.
What about being kind
of smart?
Thank you, my first zap πͺ and lightning experience
you can either be right, or win.
I would love to give more, but Iβve spent my amount that theyβll let me this week. Iβm really sad. π Iβm trying to figure out how to add another wallet.
Which is so weird (bad weird not good) because if itβs my #btc, who are they to tell me how much Iβm allowed to spend?
The amount is not important. The act is β€οΈ
You studied IT right? Can you help me fix my printer
Weird β¦ I guess lowering my amount allows Sats β¦ THANKS π
As Iβve been here under various names Iβve sought to zap β‘οΈ many with larger amounts as a belated thank you. π Humbly said. Does this make sense?
Iβm also keeping a future list to zap β‘οΈ later. Still figuring out zap
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Long breath and goes on
or you can live alone :)
Maybe for you
...and me
Not me
π― couldn't agree for more! π€π
Patience is a virtue
I like that βΊοΈ
patience is harder than kindness for me but fatherhood, bitcoin and mediation are helping
Is there a difference between patience and low time preference?
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Smiths in the house π€π§‘ Hello π
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#patience is about enduring the wait, but #lowtimepreference is about choosing to wait for something #better.
One is about coping with the #present, the other is about #investing in the #future and requires #POW and a new #mindset.
Although they seem similar, they are not!
Itβs nice to be important but itβs more important to be nice.
Especially for bitcoiners i think π₯²
1000% ... the family... the job... the gym... the music... the meditation time... and contiue study Bitcoin slowly but moving forward πͺ
Disagree with this take.
Well said. Iβm going to send this one to my kids.
Be patient
You also tend to think of yourself as being kinder and more patient than the person opposite you thinks you are
So let as all give a little bit more π€©
All falls under discipline!
Be persevering!
Itβs not so much about being βniceβ but compassionate
Bitcoin mindset helps all in someway
Ebb and flow
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To remain persevering and consistent **