Dir.JUNIOR THIEU

09/08/2026

Somewhere close to lingtaah. Near jonghun.

The ability to run from branch to branch does not make a baby monkey a baboon but at least that’s the start.

09/08/2026

26/07/2026

When the courage is too valid the way always becomes visible.

19/07/2026

Tony ee reng pande Turuk.
Makoy Tong Pagua.
Twic east. Khöör, pan Deng Aguer.

17/07/2026

Egypt de wa, desert of juor Mathiang da Amel. I come in peace ✌️ 🤓🤓

06/07/2026

PLATO'S VIEW

You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, 'Look at that, you son of a bulh.'"

Whenever you want to talk about people, it's best to take a bird's-eye view and see everything all at once—of gather-ings, armies, farms, weddings and divorces, births and deaths, noisy courtrooms or silent spaces, every foreign people, holidays, memorials, mar-kets—all blended together and arranged in a pairing of opposites."

There is a beautiful dialogue called "caromenippus, an Aerial Expedition" by the poet Lucian. the narrator is given the ability to fly and sees the world from above. Turning his eyes earthward, he sees how comically small even the richest people, the biggest estates, and entire empires look from above. All their battles and concerns were made petty in perspective.

In ancient times, this exercise was only theoretical— the highest anyone could get was the top of a mountain or a building a few stories tall. But as technology has progressed, humans have been able to actually take that bird's-eye view-and greater.

Edgar Mitchell, an astronaut, was one of the first people to see the earth from outer space. As he later recounted:
"In outer space you develop an instant global con-sciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, 'Look at that, you son of a bitc.'"

05/07/2026

OFFENSE OR DEFENSE?

"Fortune doesn't have the long reach we suppose.
It can only lay siege to those who hold it tight.

Not only am I saying that the more you struggle with fortune, the more vulnerable you are to it, but also that the better path to security is in the "impregnable wall" of philosophy. "Philosophy,"helps us tame the
"mad frenzy of our greed and tamps down the fury of our fears."

In sports or war, the metaphor here would be the choice between a strategy of endless, exhausting offense and a strategy of resilient, flexible defense.
Which will you play?

What kind of person are you?
Only you can answer that question. But you would be remiss not to consider the ultimate end of most of our beloveds stories.they end horribly,befallen by greed and anger.

04/07/2026

YOU CAN DO IT

There are two kinds of people in this world. The first
looks at others who have accomplished things and thinks: Why them? Why not me?

The other looks at those same people and thinks: If they can do it, why can't I?

One is zero-sum and jealous (if you win, I-lose). The other is non-zero-sum (there's plenty to go around) and sees the success of others as an inspiration. Which attitude will propel you onward and upward? Which will drive you to bitterness and despair?
Who will you be?

"If you find something very difficult to achieve yourself, don't imagine it impossible-for anything possible and proper for another person can be achieved as easily by you.

03/07/2026

.BRICK BY BORING BRICK

"You must build up your life “action by action” and be content if each one achieves its goal as far as possible.

But there will be some external obstacle! Perhaps, but no obstacle to acting with justice, self-control, and wisdom. But what if some other area of my action is thwarted? Well, gladly accept the obstacle for what it is and shift your attention to what is given, and another action will immediately take its place, one that better fits the life you are building."

lite athletes in collegiate and professional sports increasingly follow a philosophy known as
"The Process."
It's a philosophy created by University of Alabama coach Nick Saban. who taught his players to ignore the big picture-important games, winning championships, the opponent's enormous lead-and focus instead on doing the absolutely smallest things well—practicing with full effort, finishing a specific play, converting on a single possession.

A season lasts months, a game lasts hours, catching up might be four touchdowns away, but a single play is only a few sec-onds. And games and seasons are constituted by sec-onds.

If teams follow The Process, they tend to win. They overcome obstacles and eventually make their way to the top without ever having focused on the obstacles directly. If you follow The Process in your life-assem-bling the right actions in the right order, one right after another—you too will do well.

Not only that, you will be better equipped to make quick work of the obstacles along that path. One would be too busy putting one foot in front of the next to even notice the obstacles were there.