The Definition of Insanity (Day 173)

6/23/2019

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We’ve all heard the phrase about the “definition” of insanity, right? Doing the same thing again and again, but expecting different results. That’s nuts, we say to ourselves. Who does that, we ask.

We do. All of us.

If you believe that today you’ll be kinder, wiser, more hospitable, or more disciplined, AND you’ve done nothing to make those changes, then you are, perhaps, insane. Doing the same things and hoping the outcomes will be different is not only foolish, but it’s lazy.

To quote Ryan Holiday, “Hope is not a strategy.” (The Daily Stoic, 188)

(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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