Taking the Bite Out of It (Day 364)

12/30/2019

To bear trials with a calm mind
robs misfortune of its strength and burden.”
Seneca, Hercules Oetaeus, 231-232

We can take the sting out of painful and stressful situations by bringing to those situations a calm, disciplined mind.

What would our deaths look like if we approached then with that same calm and disciplined mind? That powerful mind, in those times of trouble, will bring more comfort than any amount of religiosity or philosophical phrases.

The prepared mind is prepared to die, too.

(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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