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A Year of Contemplation

Two Tasks (Day 298)

10/25/2019

 
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What, then, makes a person free from hindrance and self-determining? For wealth doesn’t, neither does high-office, state, or kingdom - rather, something else must be found… in the case of living, it is the knowledge of how to live.”
Epictetus, Discourses, 4.1.62-64

​We have two core purposes in life: be a good person, and pursue a fulfilling vocation that speaks to our hearts. Shit, that’s easy. Only got two things to do on the ol’ life-checklist. 

Just kidding… life is complex, difficult, and challenging at every turn. Even if that weren’t the case, how would one go about DOING those two things, anyway? 

Well, shit… that’s easy, too: 

Avoid distractions. Say no to destructive emotions. Don’t yield to outside pressure. Do only what’s within your power and influence. Don’t squander the limited time we’ve got in the MiddleRealm. Treat others as we’d like to be treated. Finally, remember that every moment we live, we have an opportunity to practice all the above do’s and don'ts. 

Going through life while awake takes a lot more effort than sleepwalking through it. 

No… it’s not easy, but few things so rich in reward are. 

(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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