Don't Mind Me, I'm Only Dying Slow (Day 336)

12/2/2019

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Let each thing you would do, day, or intend be like that of a dying person.”
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 2.11.1

Asking ourselves what we’d do if we had a terminal diagnosis, and considering all the ways we’d do things differently, or awaken to what we’ve been missing in life… is pointless.

Why?

Because we already have a terminal diagnosis.

You think anyone is getting out of life alive? Everyone you’ve ever known, will know, could know, or couldn’t possibly know… everyone, throughout time: all will die.

Maybe we should stop pretending we aren’t slowly dying, and get on with living.

(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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