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A Year of Contemplation

Never Complain, Never Explain (Day 317)

11/13/2019

 
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Don’t allow yourself to be heard any longer griping about public life, not even with your own ears!”
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 8.9

Growing up poor, in a single-parent GRANDMOTHER home, we saw a lot of opportunities to complain. Reflecting back on those times, I don’t recall us doing a lot of complaining about our situation. However, I do remember going over to my more well-off friends’ homes and overhearing the conversations there. What I remember about those conversations in those homes was that there was a lot more excuses and justifications being tossed around for why things did or didn’t go according to plan. 

So, does that mean… the more privilege one has, the more time one has to engage in complaining? 

The privileged have the blessing to not having their negative states of mind negatively affect their daily lives because they have the “social leeway” to behave in such ways. Hmm, maybe? 

Every person, or family is leading their own little micro-empire… 

… and as the imperial ruler of yourself, there is no need to make excuses or justifications for the actions you’ve chosen to “benefit the empire” of yourself. 

(See y’all tomorrow) 
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11/18/2019 04:55:14 pm

When we do something for ourselves we should always do it for a purpose and we do not need to explain the reason behind it so that in the end there will be a private spot in ourselves. We do not need validation at all times as long as we are true to ourselves and we are happy about it. A simple reminder that we always forgot because we are pressured by the society. We can make everything happen for a reason.


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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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