Thanks, Tred.
Like to keep morale higher than the share price if possible as that is something we can control. Staying calm during troubled waters is not difficult, but helping others remain calm helps keep a rocking boat from tipping over. We kind of sink or swim together on this voyage and once you realize that - there is much to be gained from the group effort we employ to save ourselves. We can choose not to sink, despite what the naysayers would have us believe. We have an excellent team of wise and brilliant posters pitching in.
I imagine anyone who looks to introduce panic and chaos into a crowd which is already fit for a riot to be in pursuit of some agenda - what that might be, I could not say. But, facts are the greatest stabilizers and you just cited several very strong ones. Thanks!
We really don’t have to just sit and let others prey upon our darkest fears about the company. Anyone can tell a ghost story during a thunderstorm and scare others. But some can sing loud enough to drown out the thunder.
Let’s control, if not our immediate share price, at least our reaction to it.
I read a book once which was a collection of the letters written by prisoners in the Bastille to their families before they were taken to the guillotine. The one which struck me was the one where a man described to his wife that the prisoners all observed common dignities with each other in the manner in which they addressed one another and in saying please and thank you and remaining mannerly toward each other. He explained that these might seem like trivial things to practice at such a desperate time but they were actually what let them face the future without fear. He remarked, once we realized that they could take away our lives, but they could not take away our civility, we were in control of something at least.
As you might imagine, this is true, wise, comforting, and moving.
Best of luck to all longs. They can’t make us what we are not. We are humans and stockholders (owners) who seek to trust what we have read and researched and shared about our compound and the credentials of our management. No one said it would be easy every day - but neither is facing a guillotine, I presume.
Thanks to all the brave longs who won’t fall for false flags or red herrings. Stay strong.
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