"Funny seeing you here, again," it says, " Did you not say you wouldn't return? or have your feet betrayed you like they always do?"
It is not a question but a taunt. An act of digging the knife deeper into me.
"...Come now don't be ashamed, child. You are always welcome here...regardless of the number of times you try to abandon me."
I stay silent. I can not fall for these words that taste like home. This is not my home.
"You know It always baffles me where darkness got its bad rep. I get shoved into the back of your closet When all I've ever wanted to give you was freedom. You do know that, don't you? That is why keep coming, isn't it? Because here you don't have to remember who you need to be."
But don't we all desire to not be reminded of such things?
"With each time you return the fire in you gets dimmer. I can feel it now...your light getting swallowed by the gloom. But do not panic, dearest. You shall live to fight another day for your flames have not forsaken you just yet. But they will and soon. And until they do I will be here...waiting"
"Funny seeing you here, again," it says, " Did you not say you wouldn't return? or have your feet betrayed you like they always do?"
It is not a question but a taunt. An act of digging the knife deeper into me.
"...Come now don't be ashamed, child. You are always welcome here...regardless of the number of times you try to abandon me."
I stay silent. I can not fall for these words that taste like home. This is not my home.
"You know It always baffles me where darkness got its bad rep. I get shoved into the back of your closet When all I've ever wanted to give you was freedom. You do know that, don't you? That is why keep coming, isn't it? Because here you don't have to remember who you need to be."
But don't we all desire to not be reminded of such things?
"With each time you return the fire in you gets dimmer. I can feel it now...your light getting swallowed by the gloom. But do not panic, dearest. You shall live to fight another day for your flames have not forsaken you just yet. But they will and soon. And until they do I will be here...waiting"
The S&P 500 slumped 1.8% on Monday and Tuesday, thanks to China Evergrande, the Chinese property company that looks like it is ready to default on its more-than $300 billion in debt. Cries of the next Lehman Brothers—or maybe the next Silverado?—echoed through the canyons of Wall Street as investors prepared for the worst.
Should You Buy Bitcoin?
In general, many financial experts support their clients’ desire to buy cryptocurrency, but they don’t recommend it unless clients express interest. “The biggest concern for us is if someone wants to invest in crypto and the investment they choose doesn’t do well, and then all of a sudden they can’t send their kids to college,” says Ian Harvey, a certified financial planner (CFP) in New York City. “Then it wasn’t worth the risk.” The speculative nature of cryptocurrency leads some planners to recommend it for clients’ “side” investments. “Some call it a Vegas account,” says Scott Hammel, a CFP in Dallas. “Let’s keep this away from our real long-term perspective, make sure it doesn’t become too large a portion of your portfolio.” In a very real sense, Bitcoin is like a single stock, and advisors wouldn’t recommend putting a sizable part of your portfolio into any one company. At most, planners suggest putting no more than 1% to 10% into Bitcoin if you’re passionate about it. “If it was one stock, you would never allocate any significant portion of your portfolio to it,” Hammel says.
