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A Year of Contemplation

Stick with Just the Facts (Day 221)

8/9/2019

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​I read today’s title and laughed. My lovely wife, Rev. Bee, is a natural extrovert and storyteller, unlike me, and just like other ENFP folx, she speaks in a compelling way that graciously invites people to listen. Like a well appointed room, her communication style welcomes you in, gets your comfortable, and has a relatable feel, no matter who you are. From what I’ve seen in my interactions with other ENFPs is that they all have a penchant and talent for gilding data, making it comfortable, shiny, and beautiful. This isn’t to say they’re dishonest, or that they’re trying to be deceptive in their communication. I’m saying that they build different relationships to data, and decorate those relationships differently than other MBTI folx… just like we all do, except theirs is really pretty. 

INTPs, like me, tend to just share information. Hard data. The only “coloring” we give the information, the only “story” we create around the facts is usually self-deprecating and only deployed internally. If you aren’t an INTP though, the straightforward pragmatism of exclusively dealing in facts is a practice in and of itself. Embellishing and coloring the “stories” we share is part of our deep humanity, but not everyone is looking to be entertained by story. Some people just want the facts. 

We all get into story and the non-facts, but the practice is to not be influenced, controlled, or over-identified with the “story”. Fact is non-personal, and story is ultra-personal. 

In this month’s exploration of pragmatism in Stoic practice, we are reprogramming ourselves to not act and react to the story, but instead to the facts… not assumptions, not track records, but the facts in the moment. 

Don’t add to it or take away from it… sort of like the perfect Ikebana, or bonsai tree. 

(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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