The First Two Things Before Acting (Day 148)

5/28/2019

According to Marcus Aurelius, there are two things we need to accomplish before taking action (Meditations, 8.5).

The first: exercise calm. Amor Fati, and take solace in what is. No need to get off-center… it is what it is. Be cool.

The second: Employ our principles of virtue-based existence. Summum Bonum (lat. - for the greater good). In other words, know what is the right thing to do.

Finally… do it.

Easy to say. Difficult to consistently do.

(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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