• About
    • Mission & Vision
    • Our Leadership
    • ADF: A Druid Fellowship
    • Photos
  • Services
  • Calendar
  • Resources & Social Justice
  • Membership
  • Blogs
    • Prairie Tidings (Church Blog)
    • Rev. Badger's 2019 Stoic Blog
    • The Practical Bard (Rev. Missy's Blog)
    • Little Druid on the Prairie (Rev. Lauren's Blog)
  • Policies
  • Contact Us
  • Blog
  • About
    • Mission & Vision
    • Our Leadership
    • ADF: A Druid Fellowship
    • Photos
  • Services
  • Calendar
  • Resources & Social Justice
  • Membership
  • Blogs
    • Prairie Tidings (Church Blog)
    • Rev. Badger's 2019 Stoic Blog
    • The Practical Bard (Rev. Missy's Blog)
    • Little Druid on the Prairie (Rev. Lauren's Blog)
  • Policies
  • Contact Us
  • Blog
Mountain Ancestors Grove, ADF

A Year of Contemplation

Receive Honors and Slights Exactly the Same Way (Day 204)

7/23/2019

 
Picture

Receive without pride, let go without attachment.”
Marcus Aurelius,
Meditations, 8.33

After sitting with today’s topic, I believe that it’s one of the hardest ones yet. Why? Because it’s one that instantly shows us how much ego we’re applying to a situation, and presents us with a direct mirror into our character, into us as people, as individuals.

Today’s lesson is an exercise in humility and non-attachment, and as such, it’s not meant to be taken lightly. Today’s lesson, when practiced diligently, will grant us the ability to distinguish the trivial from the important, a crucial ability when being humble and not attaching to things.

What’s this got to do with duty? Well, I believe it's focusing on our duty that helps us stay in a space where we can, with greater ease, become humble and not attach to things and circumstances. By concentrating on that which is beyond us, beyond our identity, beyond the individual, we can become the sagacious Stoic (or sagacious ‘whatever’) we’re training to be.

(See y’all tomorrow)

Comments are closed.

    About the Blog

    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. 
    How things are structured can be found in the first post. 

    About the Author

    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. 

    Archives

    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.