Tomorrow at 12h Athens time I'll be sharing a deep thought from a good friend of the channel. Enjoy your Saturday night!

"I do not believe that any of us have dreams that were not given to us for the purpose of accomplishing those particular dreams."

We are living in peculiar times. The identity of Bosnia is slowly being eroded. The identity of all Europeans is being evaporated.

Today more so than ever it is important to realize that the only person who will look out for your self interest, is yourself.

In 2023, out of 189 suicides in the Federation; 152 were men. Half of them, over the age of 60. While this may seem a small number, this phenomena is spreading globally and skewing younger.

Today, more so than ever - the ability to protect heritage and culture comes down to the individual's determination to survive. When someone brings the fight physically to you, it is instinctive to fight back. It's why politicians constantly project fear. The reality is that we live in incredibly peaceful times yet we are psychologically bombarded on a daily and an individual basis.

For some of you reading this, you might have a miserable life. You might be financially poor. Hungry. Sad. Exhausted. Angry. You might be wallowing in your despair and an endless tunnel of hopelessness. In these times, it is up to you to survive. Suicide is failure. It is a peaceful wartime casualty. The silent surrender of culture and heritage.

"In the process of working on your dreams, you will incur a lot of disappointment, a lot of failure, a lot of pain, a lot of setbacks, a lot of defeats.

While in the process of doing that you will discover some things about yourself that you don't know right now. What you will realize is, that you have greatness within you, what you will realize is, that you're more powerful than you can ever begin to imagine.

What you will realize is, you are greater than your circumstances. That you don't have to go through life as a victim."

Are direct messages supposed to substitute channel bots?

Update: Yes.

Since direct messages have made bots less useful for contacting channel admins, how else could we creatively repurpose the Balkan Bot?

I'll be reading you, friends!