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A Year of Contemplation

Dealing with Haters (Day 260)

9/17/2019

 
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What if someone despises me? Let them see to it. But I will see to it that I won’t be found doing or saying anything contemptible. What if someone hates me? Let them see to that. But I will see to it that I’m kind and good-natured to all, and prepared to show even the hater where they went wrong. Not in a critical way, or to show off my patience, but genuinely and usefully.” 
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 11.13

I’ve been hated on by a lot of people for all sorts of reasons, and I can’t help how they feel about me. I can live with integrity, and that’s about it. The sad irony is that the haters are usually secretly or unconsciously attracted to the same people that they’ll be shit-talkin’ when they’re with their hater friends. 

Truth be told, I’m too busy thinking about what I’m thinking about. I really don’t want to go down the rabbit hole of thinking about what other people are thinking about... even if who they're thinking about is me.  

It’s a bother, really. 

Just be good. Do good. Spread good in the world. Remember, you’ve no control over others’ opinions of you. After all… 

…haters gonna hate. 

(See y’all tomorrow) 

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    Awakening 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. 
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    Born 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. 

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