If possible today, remember a few things:
- Your ego is not your friend.
- When you’re talking, you aren’t listening.
- Active listening IS virtuous, while actively chatting is idiot Wisdom.
(See y’all tomorrow)
Today’s lesson is one taught to therapists, counselors, and (some) religious professionals. When people in those professions are busy talking, what’s actually happening is that they're not hearing the concerns, fears, and disconnections of the folx sitting across from them. They’re imposing their own agenda on these folx because their egos have convinced them it’s more important come off as wise than hospitable, to seem clever instead of being virtuous.
If possible today, remember a few things:
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About the BlogAwakening the desire to explore Stoicism, and how it relates to his existing beliefs, Rev. William committed to working through the text, The Daily Stoic, a year-long journey to awaken the Stoic mind. About the AuthorBorn and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, Rev. William attended Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado where in 2007 he graduated with a degree in Religious Studies, minoring in Psychology. Currently residing in Longmont, CO, he is one of the Priests and founder of Mountain Ancestors Grove. He spends his time playing mandolin (and some guitar), writing, engaging in LGBTQIA+ advocacy and education, community service, and sharing a larger vision of how a polytheist perspective can lead to greater human understanding, acceptance, and gods be good, peace. Archives
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