The Real Source of Harm (Day 55)

2/24/2019

A thousand dollars unexpectedly disappears from one’s bank account. Does it affect the billionaire the same way it affects someone in the 99%?

One receives harsh criticism and negative feedback. Does it mean the same coming from a stranger a it would coming from your partner?

Does hate mail impact us if we never receive the letter?

We have to engage and participate in the above examples; we have to make them personal for them to impact us.

How we react informs the level of “harm” we experience, because when we believe things are personal, we feel justified in our responses.

Making things personal comes from ego (I bet y’all saw that coming).

So… would the impact be the same if we’re not personally attached?

Hmmm…?

(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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