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A Year of Contemplation

Try the Other Handle (Day 165)

6/14/2019

 
Every event has two handles - one by which it can be carried, and one by which it can’t. If your brother does you wrong, don’t grab it by his wronging, because this is the handle incapable of lifting it. Instead, use the other - that he is your brother, that you were raised together, and then you will have to hold the handle that carries.” 
Epictetus, Enchiridion, 43

I wonder how Epictetus’ example applies in today’s culture of throwing away friends and family for even the slightest social/interpersonal/political infraction. Would it hold up? Would we “modern sensibility” people of today be able to grab the handle of family or friendship instead of the handle of the “wronging”? Today, we’re supposed to be more advanced as a species, and know more than ever before about the rest of the world… shit, you’d think there would be MORE understanding instead of less. 

Maybe the above isn't the right thing to say. Maybe I'll end up losing members to my congregation 

Maybe… just maybe we can all try the other handle? Please?

(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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