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A Year of Contemplation

Stoic Joy (Day 211)

7/30/2019

 
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My stepkids have arrived home today for a visit, I think it’s appropriate that joy is the topic we’re covering today. Although we differ greatly as to where boundaries should go and what music is considered “good”, there is a definitive joy that arises for me when I get a chance to see them. 

When it comes to joy, there are a lot of people who believe that those folx who are exploring Stoicism are void of this feeling, but that’s the farthest thing from the truth. We aren’t necessarily pursuing cheerfulness, or the standard-issue happiness. No, those trying to live the Stoic life are seeing a deep state of being when they quest for joy. It’s a deep part of our being in the world and hasn’t got hardly anything to do with smiles on faces, or laughs on lips… how we outwardly express our state of being. When times are good, it’s rather easy to mirror happiness in the world, but that’s different from the joy we have at our core, even when times aren’t so good. 

Stoic joy is the kind that offers deep contentment with life, the kind that bolsters us so we can face each quotidian day with Courage, the kind that help us face adversity’s onslaught and get back to our feet one more time than we get knocked down… and the kind that inspires those around you. 

Stoic joy comes from having purpose in life, pursuing excellence, and embracing our duty as “good people” in a greater world. 

It’s a joy that has little to do with one’s pleasant tone, or saccharin-sweet language. 

Now, it’s time to get some burgers with my wife and stepkids.

I’ll… (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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