“History shows that the less people read, the more books they buy.” — Albert Camus, “The Artist at Work”

Pain is not always in tears. Sometimes it is present in smiles too!

‘A thing of beauty is a joy for ever…’

Alex Lickerman through his path breaking book “The Undefeated Mind” urges us to stop hoping for easy lives and focus instead on cultivating the inner strength we need to enjoy the difficult lives we all have. Build strength out of adversity which has the potential to teach us.

Note These pregnant words from Walt Whitman which gave expression to Upanishadic vision: “The Universe is in myself, it shall pass through me as a procession.” “I am Brahman — Thou art that — Aham Brahmasmi — Tattvamasi.”

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Elon Musk blasted President Trump's domestic agenda bill, calling it a "disgusting abomination." The White House shrugged off the criticism. cnn.it/4dKdb2J

This guy was feeding the homeless and was attacked by mental illness.

Oh no he didn’t 🤣🤣🤣

突发：川普说他接受了习近平的邀请，将要去中国。 “我刚刚与中国国家主席习近平进行了一次非常良好的电话交谈，讨论了我们最近达成并已同意的贸易协议中的一些细节。通话大约持续了一个半小时，结果对双方国家来说都非常积极。

Does anyone know what’s happening to this dog?

川普：鲍威尔应该降息，利率应下调整100个基点，美联储太迟了，这是一场灾难，降息可以降低到期债务的利率，如果通胀回升，可以通过加息来解决，鲍威尔让我们损失巨大。

据印度媒体报道，一架飞机今天（6月12日）在印度艾哈迈达巴德机场坠毁。现场冒出浓烟。据了解，这是一架印度航空的航班，该飞机原计划飞往伦敦，事故据称发生在起飞期间。消息人士称机上可能载有133人。目前还没公布伤亡情况。

伊朗首都德黑兰西部沙赫兰油库的火势继续蔓延至其余至少 11 个油库。

四位知情人士透露，特朗普政府已讨论可能帮助伊朗获取至多300亿美元资金用于建设民用核能项目、放宽制裁并解冻数十亿美元被限制的伊朗资金——这些均是其为促使德黑兰重返谈判桌而加大努力的一部分。消息人士称，尽管过去两周美以对伊朗发动了密集军事打击，美国与中东的关键人物仍与伊朗方面进行了秘密

下周美国重要宏观事件预览如下：周一21:45，美国6月芝加哥PMI； 周二21:45，美国6月标普全球制造业PMI终值 周二22:00，美国6月ISM制造业PMI、5月JOLTs职位空缺、5月营建支出月率； 周三19:30，美国6月挑战者企业裁员人数； 周三20:15，美国6月ADP就业人数；

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A normal day in London

令人难以置信。每个问候川普的消防员都脱帽向梅拉尼娅致敬 🇺🇸