Nothing new here to download, I just wanted to thank you all for keeping this forum alive which is a treasure for all fans, even if sometimes we argue a little, something that connects us here plunges me out of time, a time that will not last forever, but that the Stones extends beyond anyone would probably have thought or even hoped 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 years ago...
Last year, in the grip of some serious professional worries - it's not a good idea to be a small businessman in France these days - the pressure of time was adding, I'm 65 after all, to find a successor, pass the baton, etc., and then I thought again about the Stones. and then I thought about two things: my two grandmothers both worked into their 70s as entrepreneurs, which was quite a feat in those days, and also: if the Stones are on stage at over 80, why shouldn't I be running my own small business at the same age? I did the math: 64+20=84. It gave me a breath of fresh air, and I got back to work. I started taking a closer look at the longevity of successful entrepreneurs and came across this recommendation:
- The coward never starts
- The weak give up
- The winner never gives up.
Something to ponder...

I'm a man who doesn't claim to be good, but who strives to be a little better every day, to love all men - even my enemy - so of course, the victory I'm looking for isn't that of economic success alone, but that of humanity's victory over evil, a hypothesis in which almost nobody believes anymore... even the “believers”!
And here I find a certain echo of my hope, even if at times the exchanges remind me of the fights in the school playground, isn't it also partly because we've kept our childlike hearts? Sometimes, some of you ask me how to find your way to goodness. I tell them: “In you, first of all, because if God exists, you're an atom of Him. Remember the child you once were. Ask him inwardly: “What do you want to be?” and if you're patient, you'll see that at some point he'll answer you, and this little inner voice will in fact be like an invisible thread with the Universe in which you participate, a thread of love...”. And I add: “What saves is not what you believe, but the love you give” (from the back cover of the book: Le Signe, The Sign).
Happy New Year to you all, and thank you for reading this far!

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Happy New Years Jeff, and thanks for these positive vibes.
Looking forward to meeting you at a Parisian show!
Norbert

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Nothing new here to download, I just wanted to thank you all for keeping this forum alive which is a treasure for all fans, even if sometimes we argue a little, something that connects us here plunges me out of time, a time that will not last forever, but that the Stones extends beyond anyone would probably have thought or even hoped 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 years ago...
Last year, in the grip of some serious professional worries - it's not a good idea to be a small businessman in France these days - the pressure of time was adding, I'm 65 after all, to find a successor, pass the baton, etc., and then I thought again about the Stones. and then I thought about two things: my two grandmothers both worked into their 70s as entrepreneurs, which was quite a feat in those days, and also: if the Stones are on stage at over 80, why shouldn't I be running my own small business at the same age? I did the math: 64+20=84. It gave me a breath of fresh air, and I got back to work. I started taking a closer look at the longevity of successful entrepreneurs and came across this recommendation:
- The coward never starts
- The weak give up
- The winner never gives up.
Something to ponder...

I'm a man who doesn't claim to be good, but who strives to be a little better every day, to love all men - even my enemy - so of course, the victory I'm looking for isn't that of economic success alone, but that of humanity's victory over evil, a hypothesis in which almost nobody believes anymore... even the “believers”!
And here I find a certain echo of my hope, even if at times the exchanges remind me of the fights in the school playground, isn't it also partly because we've kept our childlike hearts? Sometimes, some of you ask me how to find your way to goodness. I tell them: “In you, first of all, because if God exists, you're an atom of Him. Remember the child you once were. Ask him inwardly: “What do you want to be?” and if you're patient, you'll see that at some point he'll answer you, and this little inner voice will in fact be like an invisible thread with the Universe in which you participate, a thread of love...”. And I add: “What saves is not what you believe, but the love you give” (from the back cover of the book: Le Signe, The Sign).
Happy New Year to you all, and thank you for reading this far!

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Happy New Year. Best Wishes. Thnk you. Hang in there.

You translations is perfect!

Happy New Year!

You made some good points fdajef. Personally I believe it's a feat to be able to maintain some amount of childhood innocence, others will see it as negative and even hold it against a person. Anyhow, some of us are never going to agree. Besides the "sharing" conversations here on IORR there's even bigger things more important and mind blowing, for example the destruction of the Buddhas in Afghanistan. And many other things through history.

I think the goal is to make it to old age without getting too cynical and cold. It's a challenge but I'm giving it hell

Beautifully written, thank you.
Keep Going and Keep Smiling...

Thank you for the good wishes and thoughts fdajef. Best wishes for the new year I had a prof in grad school, math and logic, who decided to raise bulls in retirement. I did not understand his switch. I am 75. Now I do. Like the old blues song, Everybody ought to change sometime. Maybe not everybody.

Beautifully written.

Thanks for your answer broz'n'stones !

happy new year yes its strange where we are,63 and still hoping to keep a food service afloat.loved Paris last year when i wasn't in hotel room /sick/i saw the flame come in.saw houston.orlando.very lucky.still waiting on that matter to be resolved