Fueling the Habit Bonfire (Day 133)

5/13/2019

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Aristotle said, “We are what we repeatedly do, therefore, excellence is not an act but a habit.”

So, why not excellence?

Probably because people are lazy, and instead distort “excellence” into “mediocrity” and sell that bullshit to others.

“No, really. It’s EXCELLENCE. Seriously.”

If those are the habits you’re building, then it’s not excellence being constructed. Oh, no. It’s a house of cards…

… something that appears solid, but is, in truth, precariously unstable.

You’re building a bonfire of bullshit.

Fuel the Fire with Virtue… not selfishness and ego.

(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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