Gentlemen, I greet you a happy Sunday (yes, another, but my final, re-post; originally made 13 days ago). On Sundays, we often practice a form of gratitude. Today, I am grateful, foremost, to this society, and being a part of it since inception; our Arc to a new promised land following the exodus from the GentZ Lobby/Lounge (and now, following the unfortunate loss of Scott Thornton from OG S/OG, to this S/OG). @Scott Thornton and @Al Voss (and now @Stephen Arnold ), I'm eternally grateful you all saw this worth investing in, and how much it's grown since starting it, as well as to all the high quality contributors. Second, I'm grateful for the new local friend I made (who also has a daughter in dance class with mine), who invited me to his church today. I can't recall the last time I attended a religious service; maybe a Buddhist temple in Florida 15 years ago (where I briefly studied southern mantis style Kung Fu), or a Bhutanese Hare Krishna service I attended in Colorado 14 years ago. While I never could have predicted attending services at a church again, it was nice. The friendliness was a little jarring, but pleasant, compared to what I'm used to. In a way, it felt similar to how kind and respectful we are here in S/OG. After that, I went to my favorite local coffee shop/bakery. Then, a nice autumn walk along the main creek through the local college campus on a perfectly breezy 75 degree day; the leaves dancing elegantly downward. In those moments, as I savored that chai and stood on the bridge over the creek, I felt fulfilled, and grateful. In all places, I often looked at my new pin; knowing I live by the best example I can, embodying the principle beliefs we all share. And in all those places, being consistently kind to all those I cross paths with - for even when I don't approve of one's fashion choices, I still acknowledge they are human like me; with their own needs, fears, dreams, and goals. Sometimes, all someone else needs to realize their own potential, is kindness from one who sets the example. Who reminds them that embracing bravery is attire you never have to remove.

"Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet" ~Aristotle DISCLAIMER: The information in this post is old re: share prices and dividend yields. I'm also not a financial advisor - use this knowledge at your own risk. Some may disagree with this strategy, and that's their right. Please be civil and share your perspectives and exchange ideas, rather than insult one strategy and praise another. We often speak of "making a good investment" or "return on investment" in our posts. It's become exceedingly popular to describe relationships/modern dating this way. However, this will be about its origin - financially. Now, this could be in any quality product, such as clothes, fragrances, accessories, hobby supplies, etc. However, as someone with financial investing experience, I'm glad some of James' videos mentioned investments which make your money grow. Now, ask 20 finance gurus how to do that, and you'll usually get 20 different answers. When I opened my first brokerage account, all they told me was "good luck!" and whisked me out the door. All I had to go on was a binder full of my grandfather's notes to pour through, and outdated books. Sadly, this is the result of a long legacy of gatekeeping those secrets on a subject that is an easily-tangling web of intimidating amounts of knowledge to absorb while surrounded by the spiders of false hope and sometimes venomous mistakes to learn from. A lot of the time, many investors don't even know what they're doing (and have way more capital to play with), and the game itself feels like a losing gamble. Especially if you follow your grand/father's advice recommending building money slowly over time (growth). But, what if you could build growth and passive income? Sure, there are other and much faster ways to grow income sooner (I believe someone else here, maybe @Roger Rheault mentioned he takes a different approach), but my preferred method when I don't have the capital to time trading waves, is: