Offense or Defense? (Day 168)

6/17/2019

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When going through life, we’re constantly faced with decisions and challenges. Sometimes, we’re compelled to engage in never-ending, resource-taxing, offense. Other times, we choose a defensive option that resembles the willow: flexible, yet resilient.

Consider this: the more we offensively pursue fortune’s gifts, the more we’re susceptible to the delusions that often accompany fortune.

Be mindful in our offense, and tempered in our defense.

If our goals are to die happily in bed, surrounded by loved ones, we have to embrace religion’s or philosophy’s ability to tame the untrained, wild mind full of desire and hunger.

Remember, when our drive to succeed is harmful to ourselves, others, and our relationships, can it really be a success?

(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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